Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Vietnamese and Malaysian counterparts in Kuala Lumpur to strengthen defence ties and attended ASEAN defence meetings. He also signed a 10-year ‘Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership’ with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Vietnamese counterpart, Gen. Phan Van Giang, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 19th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and ahead of the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus).

Expressing satisfaction over the discussions, Singh posted on X, “Happy to have met the Defence Minister Phan Van Giang in Kuala Lumpur.” The two ministers reviewed ongoing defence cooperation between India and Vietnam a

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