The Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India published a press release with the title ” Fifth India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue” on November 08, 2023 as per the latest Indian Economy news.
As per the press release from the Ministry of External Affairs, the Raksha Mantri, Shri Rajnath Singh along with the Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar will be welcoming the US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III for the 5th India-US Ministerial Dialogue that will b held in New Delhi on 10th November 2023.
What is the ‘India-US 2+2 Ministerial dialogue’?
For readers who aren’t familiar with the concept, the goal of the ‘2+2 dialogue’ is simple. It seeks to establish a diplomatic yet fruitful conversation between the 2 countries about the respective heads of defence and external affairs.
This is a term that has been adopted in foreign discussions that are utilized to install a dialogue mechanism between 2 countries to discuss integral topics with defence and external affairs ministries.
The Agenda of the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue will be the following:
- Endeavour to enable high-level reviews of the progress being made in aspects relating to defence, security cooperation, collaboration concerning technological advancements and maintenance of communal ties.
- In addition, the Minister will pave the way for the progress of the futuristic roadmap for the India-US partnership as envisioned by PM Narendra Modi as well as President Joe Biden as per the discussion that took place in June and September of this year.
- Both sides will be engaging in discussions relating to regional issues, exchanging views about shared priorities relating to multilateral expansion and developing a framework similar to QUAD.
Ahad of the dialogues, the State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel had this to say
“India is a country that we have a deep partnership with and Blinken will be going for the India-US 2+2 Ministerial dialogues pertaining to security with Secretary of defence Austin, so I expect of course, that deepening the security cooperation and partnership will be one of the many topics that will be discussed.”
In addition, answering another question, he further went on to say this
“It was something that was obviously raised during PM Modi’s state visit earlier this year and I know the Secretary looks forward to being there and engaging directly with his counterparts on this”
Will there be an impact on the Indian economy after the talks?
Stay tuned to find out!
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