During the meeting, the US side stated that India and Washington's global strategic partnership has continued to rapidly grow. India-US partnership is the cornerstone of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha after his Rajya Sabha address, Defence Minister Rajanth Singh emphasised that during the talks, India didn't lose anything. "I want to assure this House that in these talks we have not conceded anything. The House should also know that there are still some outstanding issues with regard to deployment and patrolling at some other points along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh."
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to make a statement in the Parliamnet on the Indo-China border issue today. Rajnath Singh's statement on the matter may take post lunch at around 3 pm when the proceedings in the Lok Sabha will start. India-China has been indulged in border row since May this year while situation escalated further after June 15-16 clash.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leaving for France on Thursday on a bilateral visit during which further boosting of defence cooperation between the two countries will be discussed.
Campaigning for Phase 2 of Lok Sabha elections ended today as the Election Commission started to prepare for holding polls 97 constituencies in 13 states on April 18. Catch the highlights of the day, April 16, right here.
An agreement on security cooperation between the Home Ministry and China's Ministry of Public Security was also signed by the two ministers. This was first ever India-China security cooperation pact.
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