KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday held a meeting with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Kuala Lumpur, marking a key bilateral engagement on the sidelines of the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) scheduled to begin on November 1.
The meeting between Singh and Hegseth is taking place as part of a series of discussions between defence leaders attending the multilateral security forum.
Details of their talks were awaited, but the meeting is expected to focus on deepening India-US defence cooperation and discussing regional security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.