During the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to India for the 5th India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, highlighted the significance of the visit. Patel emphasized that Secretary Blinken and U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin are in New Delhi for the ‘2+2’ Security Dialogue, with a primary focus on deepening security cooperation. The discussions between the U.S. secretaries and their Indian counterparts will revolve around enhancing bilateral security ties, and Patel expressed confidence that cooperation in counter-terrorism would be a key topic of the dialogue.