New Delhi (NVI): India and the US will hold their Second ‘2+2’ Ministerial Dialogue on December 18 to take stock of the growing bilateral relations and provide strategic guidance for their further development.
At the Dialogue to be held in Washington, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation.
“They will meet their U. S. counterparts for a comprehensive review of cross-cutting foreign policy and defence and security issues in our relations. In addition, both sides will exchange views on salient regional and global issues,” External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said here today.
He noted that the India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue was initiated in September last year to provide a positive, forward-looking vision for the India-U.S. strategic partnership and to promote synergy in the bilateral diplomatic and security efforts.
“Since the inaugural edition of this Dialogue in September 2018, relations between India and the U.S. have further expanded. The 2+2 Dialogue will take stock of these growing relations and provide strategic guidance for their further development,” he added.