India and the United States on Friday signed a 10-year Defence Framework Agreement, marking a new era in their growing partnership. The agreement, exchanged between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Kuala Lumpur, provides a long-term policy direction for the US–India Major Defence Partnership.

The development underscores the expanding strategic alignment between New Delhi and Washington. Announcing the agreement, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth described it as a historic milestone, stating that the two nations’ “defence ties have never been stronger.”

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh echoed this sentiment, calling his meeting with Hegseth “fruitful” and highlighting that the new framework would “usher in a new era” in bilateral defence cooperation.

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