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The 2+2 dialogue is scheduled to be held on October 26 and 27 in New Delhi.
In the run up to the U.S.- India 2+2 overseas and defence ministers’ assembly this 12 months, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun is scheduled to visit New Delhi from October 12 -14.
The dialogue, between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and their American counterparts, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper, is scheduled to be held on October 26 and 27 in New Delhi.
Mr. Biegun will meet with senior authorities officers and ship the keynote deal with on the India-U.S. Forum (a platform convened by the Ananta Centre and the External Affairs Ministry).
“Building on Secretary Pompeo’s October 6 meeting with Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar and ahead of the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue later this year, Deputy Secretary Biegun’s engagements in India will focus on advancing the United States-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and how the United States and India can work together to advance peace, prosperity, and security in the Indo-Pacific and around the globe,” a press release from the U.S. State Department stated.
Mr Jaishankar and Mr Pompeo held a bilateral assembly in Tokyo on October 6, alongside the sidelines of the second Quad ministerial assembly between India, the U.S., Japan and Australia.
The agenda for the 2+2 is predicted to embrace defence, financial cooperation, diplomatic cooperation, cooperation at multilateral boards, area and expertise and other people to individuals cooperation, a senior State Department official had advised reporters final week in Washington. The assembly comes months earlier than India is to start a two 12 months time period on the U.N Security Council.
The final 2+2 assembly was held in Washington in December and coincided with the impeachment of Donald Trump by the U.S. House of Representatives. (There was an intercessional assembly final month). This 12 months the assembly’s backdrop will embrace the worldwide pandemic and the latest clashes between Indian and Chinese troops alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and rising aggression by China on a number of fronts in Asia.
The U.S.’ relationship with China can be extremely strained over bilateral commerce points, Chinese aggression within the Indo-Pacific and allegations over China’s public well being response within the early days of the virus.
After his Delhi visit, Mr. Biegun will fly to Dhaka for conferences with senior authorities officers to “reaffirm” the U.S.- Bangladesh partnership, advance the Indo-Pacific agenda, talk about the response to COVID-19 and sustainable financial growth, as per the State Department.
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