US, India agree to expand multilateral security partnership
Source: AP
By SHEIKH SAALIQ
NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats of India and the United States pledged Wednesday to expand their multilateral security partnership, underscoring the deepening of ties between two countries concerned over China’s growing influence in the region.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met in New Delhi and sought to strengthen a regional front against Beijing’s assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific and their cooperation in Afghanistan.
They also lauded each country’s help in fighting the coronavirus and said their vaccine partnership is an effort to end the pandemic.
“There are few relationships in the world that are more vital than one between the U.S. and India. We are the world’s two leading democracies and our diversity fuels our national strength,” Blinken said at a joint news conference.
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, right, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
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