New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): The US Embassy in India on Friday marked one yr of the US-India Major Defence Partnership framework, highlighting key priorities of defence cooperation between the 2 international locations, together with operational coordination, data sharing and defence industrial collaboration.
In a put up on X, the US Embassy in India shared highlights of the framework, which was signed on October 31, 2025, by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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‘One yr of the US-India Major Defense Partnership. Signed in October 2025 by U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, this landmark framework guides the U.S.-India protection relationship,’ the embassy stated.
Highlighting the important thing priorities underneath the framework, the embassy listed: ‘Operational coordination, data sharing, regional and international cooperation, protection industrial, science and expertise.’
It additional acknowledged, ‘Advancing cooperation throughout land, sea, air, area, and our on-line world.’
The spotlight comes days after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his US counterpart Pete Hegseth in Cebu, the Philippines, on the sidelines of the thirteenth Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus on Wednesday.
The assembly adopted the signing of the framework by the 2 leaders in October 2025, which marked a brand new chapter in India-US defence ties and outlined a roadmap to rework the partnership over the subsequent 10 years.
The 10-year Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership was formally signed on October 31, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the sidelines of the twelfth ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the framework is meant to supply a unified imaginative and prescient and coverage path for deepening defence cooperation between India and the United States.
Earlier on Friday, Rajnath Singh departed for Delhi after concluding his engagements on the thirteenth ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus).
He held bilateral conferences with the defence ministers of six international locations. Alongwith Hegseth, he carried out high-level discussions with Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles.Â
Additionally, Singh met with Gilberto C Teodoro Jr., the defence minister of the host nation, the Philippines, in addition to South Korean Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul and Singaporean Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing to strengthen regional safety ties.
The go to adopted Singh’s participation within the thirteenth ADMM-Plus, the place he highlighted India’s dedication to strengthening defence cooperation with ASEAN member states and selling peace, stability and prosperity throughout the Indo-Pacific area.
During his tackle on the assembly, the Defence Minister proposed the institution of an ‘India-ASEAN Youth Bridge’ to strengthen people-to-people connectivity, digital innovation and capability constructing amongst younger individuals in India and ASEAN international locations.
Singh additionally reiterated India’s dedication to regional safety and counter-terrorism cooperation, citing Operation Sindoor for instance of India’s method to tackling terrorist infrastructure.Â
The ADMM is the very best defence consultative and cooperative mechanism in ASEAN. ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN member states (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam) and its eight Dialogue Partners (India, US, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand) to strengthen safety and defence cooperation.
India grew to become the dialogue accomplice of ASEAN in 1992, and the inaugural ADMM-Plus was convened in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 12, 2010. Since 2017, ADMM-Plus Ministers have been assembly yearly to bolster defence cooperation amongst ASEAN and the Plus international locations. Â
The Philippines is the chair of ADMM-Plus for 2026. Under the assemble of ADMM-Plus, India is co-chairing the Experts Working Group on Counter-Terrorism with Malaysia for the cycle 2024-2027. India’s energetic participation within the ADMM-Plus mechanisms underscores the deepening defence diplomacy in Southeast Asia underneath the Act East coverage, geared toward making certain peace, stability and collective development within the area. (ANI)