India and US on Friday gave a fillip to their ties by signing a pact on 10-year defence framework, which Defence Minister Rajnath Singh described as a signal of growing bilateral, strategic ties, even as Washington vowed to work closely with New Delhi to ensure a free and an open Indo-Pacific.
Singh and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed the framework agreement for the US-India defence pact following their wide-ranging talks in Kuala Lumpur, which focused on boosting strategic ties.