Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 20 (ANI): Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited India from February 14-19, to collaborate on the India-US shared safety pursuits and to strengthen the nations’ shut navy ties, an official assertion from the US Indo-Pacific Command famous on Thursday.
As per the assertion, the go to to New Delhi, Chandimandir and Bengaluru underscored India’s important position in advancing regional safety and strengthened navy interoperability throughout land, sea, air, house and our on-line world domains. While in New Delhi, Admiral Paparo met with senior Indian defence officers, together with General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff, and Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff. These discussions centred on areas of mutual curiosity, together with India’s contributions to safeguarding a free and open Indo-Pacific area.
As a part of the go to, the Daniel Okay. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) and its director, Suzanne P. Vares-Lum, hosted an alumni occasion in New Delhi, bringing collectively Indian graduates of APCSS applications. The occasion supplied a platform for alumni to change concepts, strengthen skilled networks, and discover collaborative options to regional safety challenges.
In Chandimandir, Admiral Paparo visited India’s Western Command alongside U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor to debate operational safety dynamics alongside India’s western and northern fronts, the assertion added.
Admiral Paparo concluded the journey in Bengaluru with visits to the Aeronautical Development Agency and National Flight Test Center, highlighting increasing defence industrial collaboration and aerospace innovation.
As per the assertion, Admiral Paparo additionally met with US and Indian business and know-how leaders to advance cooperation in rising domains. Alongside Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade William Kimmitt, he participated in a US-India Strategic Partnership Forum occasion targeted on defence and rising applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence, expanded cooperation amongst Quad companions and the lately signed 10-year defence framework.
The assertion famous that the United States designated India a Major Defence Partner in 2016, constructing on the 2013 Joint Principles for Defence Cooperation. On Oct. 31, 2025, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh signed the 2025 Framework for the U.S.-India Major Defence Partnership on the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, establishing essentially the most formidable and wide-ranging replace to the defence relationship to this point and guiding cooperation for the subsequent decade.
As a key Quad companion, India, United States, Japan and Australia work collectively to strengthen maritime, financial and know-how safety in response to rising regional challenges.
The assertion famous that lately, the Quad participated in a discipline coaching train that superior the Indo-Pacific Logistics Network (IPLN), enhancing regional cooperation and operational readiness.
It added that the US conducts common navy engagements throughout all companies with India to reinforce readiness and interoperability. Exercises like Malabar, Cyber Flag, Tiger Triumph, Yudh Abhyas, and Cope India enhance operational effectiveness in high-end situations.
USINDOPACOM is dedicated to enhancing stability within the Indo-Pacific area by selling safety cooperation, encouraging peaceable growth, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression, and when crucial, prevailing in battle, the assertion underlined. (ANI)