India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Held at New Delhi

1. Minister of External Affairs Smt. Sushma Swaraj and Minister of Defence Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman welcomed Secretary of State Mr. Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mr. James N. Mattis, here today for the inaugural India-US Ministerial 2+2 Dialogue.
2. The Ministers of two countries committed to work together on regional and global issues, including in bilateral, trilateral and quadrilateral formats, and

• Strengthening the Defense and Security Partnership
• Promoting Prosperity and People-to-People Ties

3. The two sides committed to the creation of a new, tri-services exercise and to further increase personnel exchanges between the two militaries and defense organizations.