India, US Hold Military Cooperation Group Meeting In UP's Agra To Strengthen Defence Ties

India and the United States held two-day Military Cooperation Group (MCG) meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Agra on 1 and 2 March.

The 19th edition of the India-US MCG meeting was co-chaired by Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) Air Marshal BR Krishna from the Indian side and Deputy Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command Lieutenant General Stephen D Sklenka from the US side.

The discussions focussed on strengthening the ongoing defence engagements between the two sides and mulled on new initiatives under the ambit of existing cooperation mechanism, a said on Wednesday (2 March).

The India-US MCG is a forum established to progress defence cooperation between the countries through regular talks at the strategic and operational levels between Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff and the US Indo-Pacific Command, the ministry said.