Sale of 22 Sea Guardian drones is likely to be on top of the agenda, a $ 2 billion sale that could see the Indian Navy acquire the world's most advanced maritime reconnaissance drone
The visit of Jim Mattis aims to reaffirm that Washington considers New Delhi a valued and influential ally.
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Korea’s claimed test of a hydrogen bomb with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any threat from the North with a “massive military response — a response both effective and overwhel
His remarks came in response to questions on Pakistan’s reaction to the Afghan and South Asia Policy announced by US President Donald Trump last Monday.
By providing safe havens to “agents of chaos” that kill Americans in Afghanistan, Trump warned Islamabad that it has “much to lose” by harbouring terrorists.
Last month, the Russian military claimed it had struck a meeting of Baghdadi on May 28 near Raqqa, Syria, in which Baghdadi was possibly killed.
“This is simply an assessment of the current state of play. It is not a policy. It is a reality. You know, we are just defining the realities,” Mattis said.
“Looking ahead to the future of the US Major Defence Partnership with India, the committee encourages the Department to work closely with India in the cyber and space operating domains," a US Senate committee said.
"Our approach is we assume he's alive until it's proven otherwise, and right now I can't prove it otherwise," Mattis said.
The meeting between Mattis and Prime Minister Modi came ahead of the latter's maiden meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
"We are not winning in Afghanistan right now. And we will correct this as soon as possible," Mattis said during a congressional hearing.
The US is exploring new ways to address new challenges as well from maritime security to the growing threat posed by the spread of terrorism in Southeast Asia, Mattis said in his remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
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