Kuala Lumpur: India and the US have signed a framework agreement to expand defence cooperation over the next 10 years. The pact was announced after a meeting between US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh in Kuala Lumpur. The agreement will enhance "coordination, information sharing and tech cooperation" and advance "regional stability and deterrence", Hegseth said on X. It comes as the two countries are trying to close a trade deal and tide over tense ties after US President Donald Trump slapped 50% tariffs on India, including a 25% penalty for buying Russian oil and arms.

The agreement is expected to provide policy direction to the entire spectrum of the India-US defence relationship.

"It is a signal of our growing strategic convergence and will her

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