Rajnath Singh, India’s Defence Minister met with the US defense and aerospace behemoth Boeing, as well as Raytheon. He adjured them to grab the opportunity of the ‘Make in India’, ‘Make for World’ policy.

He reached Washington DC on Sunday and will actively participate in the 4th Indo-US 2+2 Ministerial meet on Monday. He is on a 5-day visit to the US which ends on April 15th. India wishes to further strengthen its Indo-US strategic alliance.

Rajnath Singh is scheduled to meet Llyod J Austin III, his US counterpart at the prestigious Pentagon today. Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar along with Rajnath Singh represent India at the 4th Indo-US 2+2 Ministerial meet today.

Jaishankar stated, “the focal point of this meet-up will be to carry out a detailed review of the Indo-US strategic policy and update as well as further enhance the bilateral partnership. We will also discuss pressing issues of regional and global concern which are of common inclinations.”

Jaishankar while in the US is to meet his counterpart Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State alongside senior officials of the Biden administration. Dates are likely to be either the 11th or 12th of April; revealed Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs at a press brief.

Earlier last week Anthony Blinken called Jaishankar to enquire about the regional and critical global issues, including the Ukraine crisis.

Looking back both India and the US had held a 2+2 Ministerial meet in New Delhi, in October 2020. And soon after that, an inter-sessional 2+2 bilateral meet was staged in September 2021. All exchanges were purely based on 3 major aspects 1) the South Asian Development, 2) the Western part of the Indian Ocean, and 3) the Indo-Pacific corridor.

However, before the 2+2 Ministerial meet commences today, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meet with US President Joe Biden.

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