Rajnath Singh to hold bilateral talks with his US, German counterparts in New Delhi
New Delhi: US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and German Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius are visiting New Delhi for bilateral talks with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Singh’s meeting with the US Secretary of Defence will be held on June 5, 2023, while talks with the German Federal Minister of Defence will take place on June 6.
A host of bilateral defence cooperation issues, with focus on industrial cooperation, are likely to be discussed during the two meetings.
"The US Secretary of Defence will arrive on 4th June from Singapore on a two-day visit. It will be Secretary Austin’s second visit to India, the previous one being in March 2021," read the official statement issued by the Indian government.
The German Federal Minister of Defence will be on a four-day visit to India beginning June 05.
He will arrive from Indonesia. Apart from his meeting with Singh, Boris Pistorius is likely to meet a few defence start-ups during an event organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) in New Delhi.
On June 7, he will travel to Mumbai where he is likely to visit Headquarters, Western Naval Command and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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