US Defense Minister's first foreign trip: Lloyd Austin, who is on a 3-day visit to India,

, will meet Defense Minister Rajnath Singh; Negotiations on defense deal possible

US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin arrived in India on Friday evening. He will meet India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. - Dainik Bhaskar

US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin arrived in India on Friday evening. He will meet India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin arrived in India at around 5 pm on a three-day visit. This is his first foreign trip after assuming office. He will be on a tour of India till 21 March. Austin will meet India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. In this negotiation, a defense deal can also be agreed. The issue of Indo Pacific, Afghanistan and Pakistan may also be discussed between Austin and Rajnath Singh.

Lloyd will meet Austin on his visit to India

1. Austin will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar.

2. Austin will meet India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

3. Austin and NSA Ajit Doval may speak on Regional Security.

Austin may take issue of S-400 deal with Russia

Bob Menendez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote Austin a letter to him prior to his visit to India. Controversy has started on this. Menendez has asked Austin to raise the issue of the S-400 deal between visits to India.

Menendez wrote in the letter that you should tell the Indian authorities clearly that the US does not like this deal between India and Russia. Even after this, if India buys the S-400 from Russia, it will be charged under CAATSA (Counting America Advertisers for Section). This will also slow down the ongoing development of military technology between the US and India.

Actually, American companies Boeing and Lockheed also want to sell their fighter aircraft to India, due to which the US wants to stop India's S-400 deal with Russia.

Indo-Pacific words have appeared 90 times in Biden's statements so far

Austin will also discuss with Prime Minister Modi during the two-day visit. They can also express their views on the growing military friendship of America and India and new challenges facing the world from the platform of an Indian think tank.

During the meeting, the US will keep away from Kashmir and human rights issues, so that the relationship between the two countries is not lost.

Biden also wants a strong relationship with India. Since Biden's swearing-in, the White House, the US State Department, and the Department of Defense have used the term Indo-Pacific 90 times in their statements.