The pact was sealed at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur between Singh and his American counterpart Peter Hegseth

India and the US on Friday inked a 10-year defence framework agreement, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh describing it as a “signal” of growing strategic convergence between the two nations.

The pact was sealed at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur between Singh and his American counterpart, Peter Hegseth. “We signed the 10-year ‘Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership’. This will usher in a new era in our already strong defence partnership,” Singh said on X after talks with Hegseth. Read More

The defence minister said the pact will provide policy direction in the entire spectrum of the India-US defence relationship. “It is a signal of our growing strategic convergence and

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