Washington DC, Feb. 7 -- US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held an introductory call on Thursday to reaffirm their commitment to the US-India Major Defence Partnership.

During the discussion, the two leaders emphasised on enhancing operational cooperation, as well as advancing defence industrial and technological collaboration to deter "aggression in Indo-Pacific."

"Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh held an introductory call today to reaffirm their shared commitment to the US-India Major Defense Partnership. The leaders agreed to pursue an ambitious agenda to accelerate our operational cooperation and defense industrial and technology collaboration to det...