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India’s Defence minister Manohar Parrikar will meet US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter at the Pentagon on Monday. US has designed India as a major defence partner.
The Pentagon on Friay said Carter would host an enhanced honour cordon to welcome Parrikar to the US Defence Department headquarters. Following the arrival ceremony there will be a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial.
After the ceremony there will be a bilateral meeting, followed by a joint press conference at the Pentagon, a statement said.
“This will be Carter’s sixth meeting with Parrikar, and comes just weeks after India was designated a major defence partner of the United States during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s June visit to Washington,” the Pentagon said.