During his ongoing official visit to the United States, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, CNS, held a series of high-level engagements with Admiral Samuel J Paparo, Commander U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Stephen T Koehler, Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet and Lt Gen James F Glynn, Commander U.S. Marine Forces Pacific. Deliberations reviewed key pillars of Indo–U.S. defence cooperation, including strengthening Maritime Security and Maritime Cooperation, enhancing Interoperability, and expanding avenues for operational engagements across the Indo-Pacific.
Discussions also covered priority areas of mutual maritime interest, including:
- Deeper information sharing and maritime domain awareness, building on mechanisms like IPMDA and linkages with IFC-IOR.
- Safeguarding sea lines of communication & critical undersea infrastructure.
- Coordinated responses for HADR & SAR missions, counter-piracy, and non-traditional security challenges.
- More complex and regular bilateral/multilateral exercises (including MALABAR, PASSEX, and CMF / MILAN frameworks) to refine joint warfighting, logistics, and sustainment.
- Collaboration in emerging domains – unmanned systems, ISR, cyber, and space-enabled maritime operations – to bolster readiness and resilience at sea.
The interactions reaffirmed the enduring partnership between the Indian Navy and US Navy, as well as the growing synergy with U.S. Marine and joint forces – anchored in mutual trust, shared values, and a common commitment to a free, open, inclusive, and rules-based Indo Pacific.
