India, Feb. 6 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday spoke to his US counterpart Pete Hegseth over phone and reviewed bilateral defence cooperation, with focus on multiple domains in land, air, maritime and space, even as the two leaders agreed to deepen collaboration in areas including technology, integration of defence industrial supply chains, interoperability, logistics and information sharing, and joint military exercises.

This was their first conversation after Hegseth took over as defence secretary and came in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US next week.

"The two ministers appreciated the ongoing and remarkable expansion of the bilateral defence partnership and reaffirmed their commitment to deep...