Historic opportunity for refreshed India-US partnership: Mattis

September 25, 2017 22:47

India and the US have a "historic" opportunity to set a refreshed partnership built on shared values of democracy, freedom of expression and human dignity, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has said as he

embarked on his visit to New Delhi.

Mattis, the first Cabinet Minister of the Trump Administration to visit India from tomorrow, said that for America India was clearly a pillar of regional stability and security.

"We have a historic opportunity to set a refreshed partnership between our nations, and it's a partnership built on respect, trust and the shared values of democracy, freedom of expression and human dignity. And our vision aims to support an open, just and rules-based global order," Mattis told reporters travelling with him to India.

He said he will discuss the joint efforts to advance common goals through a broader strategic exchange of views during his visit from September 26-27.

"Basically putting meat on the structure, not only in terms of US-India partnership, but how the United States and India can work together to build partnerships across the region," he said.

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