2 + 2 Dialogue: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Minister Esper will visit India today, to discuss LAC

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Now the relationship between India and America is becoming very strong, you can guess this by this. For the third time in only two years, the US is holding two plus two ministerial talks between India.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Minister Mark T Esper will arrive in New Delhi on Monday to participate in the two plus two ministerial talks. The meeting, which is taking place in the US between the presidential election and tensions along the Line of Actual Control with China, is considered very important. The meeting will take place on Tuesday and this is the third edition of the two plus two talks.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will participate in this dialogue on behalf of India. There will be talks on bilateral, regional, and global issues, including China's rising snowfall in the Indo-Pacific region. Officials said Pompeo and Espar will be given a guard of honor on Monday afternoon on the lawn of South Block in Raisina Hills. Both will hold bilateral talks with US ministers Jaishankar and Rajnath. At the same time, both US ministers will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

At the same time, the US State Department reported that Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo and Defense Minister Mark T Espar have left for India. The US Secretary of State will also hold a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss with business leaders on ways to take forward the US-India comprehensive global strategic partnership.

During this time Pompeo will also meet Rajnath Singh in which many issues such as bilateral, regional, and global will be discussed. Also, China's failed efforts and its aggressive attitude along the Line of Actual Control in the eastern Ladakh region will also be discussed.

With these two plus two talks, Pompeo and Espar will also hold bilateral talks with their Indian counterparts. Let us tell you that defense relations between India and America have increased significantly with defense relations for some years. Therefore, between the oldest and largest democracies of the world, there can be the talk of investment in the health sector of the defense sector. Pompeii tweeted that Pompeo will also travel to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia after finishing his India tour.