{"id":318034,"date":"2019-12-18T03:01:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T03:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=318034"},"modified":"2019-12-18T05:03:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T05:03:52","slug":"second-india-us-22-dialogue-to-be-held-in-washington-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/second-india-us-22-dialogue-to-be-held-in-washington-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Second India-US 2+2 dialogue to be held in Washington today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309032 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/india-us.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/02\/india-us.jpg 644w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/02\/india-us-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/02\/india-us-533x261.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/>The second India-US 2+2 Ministerial dialogue will be held in Washington on December 18, the ministry of external Affairs had announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Second India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue will be held in Washington, D.C. December 18. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation,&#8221; MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar had said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in New York on Tuesday to attend 2+2 dialogue in Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The dialogue will be held between the Defence and External Affairs Ministers of India and their United States counterparts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Tuesday, in New York, the Defence Minister attended a reception for the Indian Community and Friends of India organised by the Consulate General of India at the Asia Society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Addressing the gathering, Rajnath Singh spoke about the importance and contribution of the Indian American Community and their role in the success of \u2018Howdy Modi\u2019 event organised during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also spoke on the abrogation of Article 370, recent amendment to Citizenship Act and the importance of friendly relations with neighbours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rajnath Singh interacted with the Indian community and answered questions at length, including on India-US relations and the Indian economy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second India-US 2+2 Ministerial dialogue will be held in Washington on December 18, the ministry of external Affairs had announced. The Second India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue will be held in Washington, D.C. December 18. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation,&#8221; MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":309032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[12230,424,11815],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318036,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318034\/revisions\/318036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/309032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}