US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External affairs minister S Jaishankar at New Delhi’s Hyderabad House on October 27. After the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, India and US issued a joint statement. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, ‘Our economies have suffered losses. We are trying to revive industries and services sectors. Our partnership becomes more important in view of current challenges which we are facing. We both believe in rule-based order and democracy. We are happy that we have completed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), which will open new avenues in the information sharing. We are eager to discuss further issues with US.’