United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin will travel to India next week as part of his ninth official visit to the Indo-Pacific region, the US Department of Defence said.Following his India visit, Austin would also go to South Korea and Indonesia.
In India, he would meet his counterpart, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and participate in the fifth 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Following the Ministerial, Secretaries Blinken and Austin will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
