Hope US can complete major pending defence sales to India: Defence Secretary Hegseth

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: (Jul 3) The US has expressed hope that it can complete several major pending American defence sales to India, as it stressed that Washington and Delhi are “mutually aware” of the security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday at the Pentagon and said he had a productive conversation on advancing the India-US defence partnership, building on growing convergences of interests, capabilities and responsibilities.

According to the Department of Defence (DoD) news article, Hegseth said the US and India are “mutually aware of the security concerns in the region, and both nations have the ability to counter that threat together."