Indian Navy Chief Holds High-Level Defence Talks in US to Boost Indo-Pacific Cooperation

By A Staff Reporter

New Delhi: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, who is currently on an official visit to the United States, held a series of high-level meetings with senior American military leadership to advance defence cooperation between the two countries. According to the Indian Navy, the discussions centred on bolstering maritime partnership and expanding operational synergy across the Indo-Pacific—an area of growing strategic significance.

Admiral Tripathi met Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command; Admiral Stephen T. Koehler, Commander of the US Pacific Fleet; and Lieutenant General James F. Glynn, Commander of the US Marine Forces Pacific. The engagements covered a broad spectrum of cooperation, underscoring the shared commitment to maintaining a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific region.