India and the US have agreed to accelerate defence and security ties as Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met her American counterpart  James Mattis, who described India as a “stabilising force” across the Indo-Pacific and the globe.

US Defence Secretary Mattis welcomed Sitharaman to the Pentagon on Monday for the fourth set of talks the two defense leaders have held this year.
Sitharaman, the first woman defence minister of India, is currently on a five-day maiden trip to the US. From here, she will travel to California to visit the Defense Innovation Unit of the Department of Defense and the Indo-Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii. Source: PTI.