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2+2 dialogue
]Mike Pompeo, Mark Esper arrive in New Delhi for India-US 2+2 dialogue
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and defence secretary Mark Esper arrived in New Delhi on Monday afternoon for the 2+2 dialogue. The talks will be held on Tuesday.
Updated on Oct 26, 2020 02:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Mike Pompeo, Mark Esper to attend India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue
The 2+2 ministerial dialogue, to be held on Tuesday morning, is expected to focus on regional security cooperation, defence information-sharing, global cooperation, economic cooperation, and working together in the Indo-Pacific
Updated on Oct 27, 2020 06:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rezaul H Laskar
India-US 2+2 dialogue to focus on regional security cooperation and defence information-sharing
External affairs minister S Jaishankar and defence minister Rajnath Singh will meet their US counterparts Mike Pompeo and Mark Esper in New Delhi on October 27 for the third edition of the 2+2 dialogue
Published on Oct 24, 2020 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rezaul H Laskar
Mike Pompeo, Mark Esper in India next week for third 2+2 strategic dialogue
The third dialogue will see India and the US consolidating their diplomatic and security ties, including institutionalised intelligence-sharing and efforts to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Updated on Oct 22, 2020 10:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Foreign secretary Shringla, US deputy secretary discuss upcoming 2+2 dialogue
The two officials also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation at the United Nations, especially during India’s stint as a non-permanent member of the Security Council during 2021-22.
Updated on Oct 13, 2020 10:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Mike Pompeo expected to travel to India for 2+2 dialogue this month
The move to hold in-person meetings at a time when such discussions have mostly moved online because of the Covid-19 pandemic reflects the importance attached by both sides to the 2+2 dialogue, people familiar with developments said.
Updated on Oct 08, 2020 10:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
India-US to sign key defence pact during second 2+2 dialogue in December
It is expected that the Industrial Security Annex (ISA), which aims to shore up defence cooperation, will be signed during the upcoming dialogue. The ISA will allow the US government and American original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to share classified information with private Indian defence firms.
Updated on Nov 15, 2019 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh and Rezaul H Laskar
India is aiming for the long haul in Afghanistan
New Delhi has also overturned its policy of not supplying lethal military equipment to Kabul and has provided or underwritten deals for providing gunship helicopters. Clearly, India is in for the long haul in Afghanistan, as it needs to be, to keep an eye on and counter the machinations of a certain neighbour that eyes the war-torn nation as key to its flawed “strategic depth” policy.
Updated on Sep 12, 2018 06:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
The five key takeaways from India-US 2+2 dialogue
India and the United States on Thursday made a push to elevate their strategic ties at their first 2+2 dialogue that centred on key issues including cross-border terrorism, India’s bid to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the contentious issue of H-1B visa.
Updated on Nov 04, 2019 01:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Ahead of 2+2 dialogue with India, Pompeo urges Pakistan to take action against terrorists
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo travelled to Pakistan with military chief Gen Joseph Dunford, ahead of a visit to New Delhi for the inaugural 2+2 dialogue with India. The visit came days after Washington cancelled $300 million in security-related payments to Islamabad.
Updated on Sep 06, 2018 07:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Islamabad | Imtiaz Ahmad
2+2 dialogue: PM Modi to meet US secretaries Mike Pompeo, James Mattis on Sept 6
High on the two-plus-two agenda will be synchronization of the two countries’ views on the Indo-Pacific and stability of Afghanistan.
Updated on Sep 05, 2018 07:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
Washington must address Indian concerns over the effects of its new sanctions on Iran and Russia
The twin US pressures on the energy and defence fronts have made India acutely aware of the risks of aligning itself closer with Washington. After ensnaring India in its Iran and Russia sanctions, Washington has sought to save the promising Indo-US strategic partnership by throwing in concessions. In reality, the concessions are intended as tools of leverage.
Updated on Sep 03, 2018 07:48 PM IST
Brahma Chellaney
First 2+2 Dialogue with India important opportunity to enhance engagement: US
US secretary of state Micheal Pompeo and secretary of defence James Mattis will travel to New Delhi on September 6 for the 2+2 Dialogue.
Updated on Aug 21, 2018 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale in US to lay 2+2 groundwork
Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale and other senior Indian officials will hold discussions with their US counterparts in Washington this week to prepare the ground for the first two-plus-two dialogue between the two countries, to take place in New Delhi in September, sources said.
Updated on Aug 09, 2018 01:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayanth Jacob
US looking forward to 2+2 dialogue, working ‘hand in glove’ with India: Official
This will be the first “two-plus-two” dialogue between India and the United States, scheduled to be held in September.
Updated on Jul 27, 2018 10:46 AM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India
India, US to hold 2+2 dialogue on September 6 in New Delhi
The state department said the two defence and foreign ministers will “discuss strengthening strategic, security, and defence cooperation as the United States and India jointly address challenges in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond”.
Updated on Jul 20, 2018 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Why US postponed the 2+2 talks with India
The 2+2 dialogue scheduled for July 6 – the first simultaneous meeting of the Indian defence and external affairs ministers and their US counterparts – was postponed by the US on Wednesday citing “unavoidable reasons”.
Updated on Jun 29, 2018 07:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Shishir Gupta
US postpones 2+2 dialogue with India due to ‘unavoidable reasons’
The 2+2 dialogue scheduled for July 6 were going to be the first simultaneous meeting of the Indian defence and external affairs ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Sushma Swaraj and their US counterparts in a format announced last August.
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 07:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent