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India-US set to conduct 5th 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit New Delhi as part of the final stage of his Asia tour, the US State Department announced.
Last year's (4th) 2+2 annual ministerial dialogue / US Embassy
The 5th 2+2 ministerial dialogue between the foreign and defense ministries of the United States and India will take place this month. In addition to bilateral issues, the two nations will discuss the war in Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit New Delhi as part of the final stage of his Asia tour, the US State Department announced. He will be accompanied at the 2+2 ministerial dialogue by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and their Indian counterparts, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
“The delegation will meet with Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar, Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh, and other senior Indian officials to discuss both bilateral and global concerns and developments in the Indo-Pacific," State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
According to a statement released by State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller on Wednesday, Blinken's trip to India concludes a journey of more than a week that begins with visits to Israel and Jordan followed by trips to Japan, and South Korea, in the Indo-Pacific region.
The dates for the bilateral meeting has not been disclosed. The previous 2+2 dialogue was held in 2022, wherein EAM Jaishankar, and MoD Rajnath Singh visited Washington D.C., on April 11. The dialogue was preceded by a virtual meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joseph Biden.
The ministers evaluated coordinated responses to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the wider ramifications. They demanded that hostilities end right away and strongly denounced the murders of civilians. They emphasized that the UN Charter, adherence to international law, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of every state form the foundation of the modern world order.
Since 2018, the India-US relationship has been strengthened and improved through a yearly diplomatic summit known as the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. This summit brings together the US Secretaries of State and Defense with the Indian Ministers of External Affairs and Defense to discuss and work on shared concerns.
An agreement between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi gave rise to the dialogue. The strategic and commercial discourse, which was initiated during the Obama administration, was replaced by the current discourse.
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