Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to meet his US counterpart Pete Hegseth in Malaysia on Friday, to ease the strain on punitive tariffs imposed by Trump, Reuters reported citing two officials. The meeting is also likely to pave the way for a bilateral visit between India and the US as the former navigates the levies.

“It is expected that the meeting will yield positive outcomes and pave the way for a bilateral visit, of either Hegseth to India or Singh to Washington,” Reuters quoted one of the officials as saying.

The meeting is expected to include a review of India's plans to purchase military hardware from the US such as six Boeing P8I aircraft for the Indian Navy, as well as a fresh India-US defence cooperation framework, the officials said. Also Read | Trump-Xi me

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