Overview
- Admiral Samuel J. Paparo is on a multi‑day visit to India from October 3 to October 8 to advance the U.S.‑India Major Defence Partnership.
- On October 4 he met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in New Delhi, with U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor in attendance, to discuss advancing the security partnership and maritime cooperation.
- U.S. Embassy readouts say the visit will focus on maritime domain awareness, defence energy resilience and harnessing digital transformation and emerging technologies to boost military interoperability.
- U.S. officials framed the trip as a reaffirmation of Washington’s enduring presence and interests in the Indian Ocean and as a step toward closer operational ties through exercises, logistics arrangements and tech collaboration.
- The visit builds on years of expanding India‑U.S. defence ties — including logistics pacts, joint drills and co‑production efforts — and could influence Quad work on maritime security and critical technologies.