2+2 Dialogue, indicative of enduring commitment of India-US partnership: Foreign Secy

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New Delhi, Nov 10 (ANI): Multiple partnerships ranging from trade, investment, technology and supply chain resilience were discussed in the India-US 2+2 Dialogue and the meetings were indicative of enduring commitment of India-US bilateral partnership, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on November 10. He further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US and President Joe Biden’s visit to India during the G20 Summit has given a strong leadership driven momentum to further bolster this relationship between the two countries. Addressing the special briefing after the fifth 2+2 Dialogue, Vinay Kwatra said, “In 2+2 discussion, the principals on both sides - Defence Minister and EAM on the Indian side and Secretary of State and Secretary of Defence on the US side - undertook a comprehensive review of our bilateral relations. We discussed multiple partnerships...the trade and investment partnership, the technology partnership, and partnerships relating to the area of critical and emerging technologies. “Value and supply chain securitisation of different products and services, partnership in the field of space, our continuing engagement in the field of mineral securities, our common efforts in combating terrorism - these and much more formed part of the overview of the bilateral relationship that was undertaken by the principals earlier in the 2+2 dialogue,” he added. The fifth round of India-US 2+2 Dialogue was held on November 10 in the national capital. It was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with their US counterparts, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.

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