Relationship With India Remains One Of Great Importance: Pentagon

Days ahead of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to the US, the Pentagon has described the India-US relationship as of "great importance." US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to host his Singh at the Pentagon on August 23. During the meeting, the two leaders are expected to discuss a wide range of bilateral and regional issues, as well as ways to strengthen ties between the world’s two largest democracies.

"The relationship with India remains one of great importance. It's one of great importance to the Indo-Pacific as well. There's a visit coming up and when we have more to share on that, we certainly will,” Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a media briefing on Thursday.

When asked about the agenda of the meeting, the Pentagon official did not share details and said, “I'm not going to get ahead of the secretary or any meetings that he's doing...As always, we will have a readout of his meeting. I just don't have more to provide on the front end, but we will on the back end, as we always do."