Indian and US Congressional delegation officials met on Tuesday to discuss ways of strengthening defence cooperation between the two countries under the recently-concluded 10-year pact.
The US Congressional delegation, currently in India, is being led by Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Mike Rogers, along with US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor. The Indian side is being represented by Defence Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, and other officials.
The meeting featured wide-ranging discussions on deepening defence industry collaboration and advancing bilateral military ties, according to the Ministry of Defence, and centred on strengthening defence cooperation under the 10-year Major Defence Partnership Framework Agreement concluded last year.
“US Congressional Delegation led by Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Mike Rogers met Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh today. They had wide ranging discussions including the recently concluded 10-year Major Defence Partnership Framework Agreement with emphasis on strengthening cooperation in the field of defence industry,” the Ministry of Defence said in a post on X.
Sergio Gor also shared a post on X on Wednesday, saying the long-term framework agreement would significantly deepen bilateral defence cooperation. “Just last year, the United States and India signed a 10-year defence pact which will significantly deepen our defence partnership. Joint exercises will continue, additional sales are in progress. This is a strong relationship! Thank you for hosting us Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.”
In October 2025, Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, and US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, had signed the ‘Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership’ on the sidelines of the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In a post on X, Rajnath Singh also expressed confidence that the framework will provide a unified policy direction to deepen defence cooperation.
“It is a signal of our growing strategic convergence and will herald a new decade of partnership. Defence will remain as the major pillar of our bilateral relations. Our partnership is critical for ensuring a free, open and rules-bound Indo-Pacific region,” he wrote.
In his post, Hegseth said that the bilateral defence partnership is a cornerstone for regional stability and deterrence. “We’re enhancing our coordination, info sharing, and tech cooperation. Our defence ties have never been stronger,” he wrote.
India and the US continue to expand and deepen their defence relationship through military-to-military exercises and activities, information sharing, collaboration with like-minded regional and global partners, defence industry, science and technology cooperation and defence coordination mechanisms.
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