The Fifth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, set for Friday, November 10, has been formally announced by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Mr. Lloyd Austin, the US Secretary of Defence, will be in India on November 9 and 10, 2023. He will hold a bilateral discussion with Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in addition to co-chairing the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. At the Palam Technical Area, Secretary Austin would be greeted with a Tri-service Guard of Honour. New Delhi will host the sixth India-US 2 plus 2 Ministerial Dialogue.
Year |
Edition |
Description |
2018 |
First 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue |
The first meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, and Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman took place in New Delhi on September 6. |
2019 |
Second 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue |
The second meeting with Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, and Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh took place in Washington, D.C. on December 18. The September Quadrilateral Security Dialogue involving Japan, Australia, the United States, and India was welcomed by the ministers and secretaries. |
2020 |
Third 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue |
The third summit was held on October 27 in New Delhi, where both sides announced the signing of the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-spatial Cooperation, with the US vowing to support India's "territorial sovereignty and liberty" in response to the May skirmishes between India and China's armed forces along the disputed Line of Actual Control. |
2022 |
Fourth 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue |
For the fourth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III, and Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar were received in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2022. President Joseph Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual meeting prior to the Dialogue. |
2023 |
Fifth 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden have envisioned a futuristic roadmap for the India-US partnership, which will be advanced by the defence and foreign ministers of both nations during the fifth India-US 2+2 Ministerial dialogue, which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi on November 10. |