India-US Will operationalise India's major defence partner status: Joe Biden's nominee for defence secretary
Washington: Gen (retired) Lloyd Austin, US president Joe Biden’s pick to head the Pentagon, has said he will operationalise India’s “Major Defence Partner” status and build upon the US-India existing strong defence cooperation.
He made the remark during his Senate confirmation hearing.
“If confirmed, my overarching objective for our defence relationship with India would be to continue elevating the partnership. I would further operationalise India’s 'Major Defence Partner' status and continue to build upon existing strong defence cooperation to ensure the U.S. and Indian militaries can collaborate to address shared interests,” Austin said in a written statement to the US Senate as quoted by ANI.
"I would also seek to deepen and broaden our defence cooperation through the Quad security dialogue and other regional multilateral engagements," he said.
Joe Biden took oath as the 46th President of the US on Wednesday.
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