♤ The PM visited the United States to meet President Donald Trump in June 2017.

1.6. Defence Cooperation

♤ Bilateral dialogue mechanisms in the field of defence include

o Defence Policy Group (DPG),

o Defence Joint Working Group (DJWG),

o Defence Procurement and Production Group (DPPG),

o Senior Technology Security Group (STSG),

o Joint Technical Group (JTG), Military Cooperation Group (MCG), and

o Service-to-Service Executive Steering Groups (ESGs).

♤ Defence relationship has emerged as a major pillar of India-U.S. strategic partnership with the signing of ‘New Framework for India-U.S. Defense Relations’ in 2005. The Defence Framework Agreement was updated and renewed for another 10 years in June 2015.