Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets US intelligence Chief Tulsi Gabbard

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US intelligence Chief Tulsi Gabbard met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi, marking the first high-level trip to India by a senior official of the Donald Trump administration.

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00:00Let's get you the first images coming in of the meeting between U.S. Director of National

00:10Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

00:14Remember that Tulsi Gabbard is currently in India holding crucial meetings.

00:19She's here for two days and of course this is her first visit to India after taking over

00:24as the U.S. Director of National Intelligence.

00:27First images on your screens of the meeting with Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

00:31Just before this you also had Gabbard meeting with the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval

00:36yesterday where you had essentially a global conclave of sorts of top leaders coming together.

00:42Now remember that in just a bit you're also going to be seeing Gabbard speak at the Resi

00:47Nat Dialogue which we will focus on and get you those live updates of.

00:50But the first picture on your screens of the meeting between Defense Minister Rajnath Singh

00:55and Tulsi Gabbard.

01:04Shivani Sharma is joining us live with more details on this.

01:07Shivani's spotlight of course will be on this meeting that's just taken place between Tulsi

01:12Gabbard and Rajnath Singh and it comes months after of course Prime Minister Modi met with

01:17Gabbard in America.

01:20Akshita, this is a very important visit and a crucial meeting that is underway as we speak.

01:28Tulsi Gabbard, the Chief of Intelligence from United States is here and we are right now

01:35at South Block where this meeting is going on with Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

01:38We've got the first images also of Defense Minister meeting Tulsi Gabbard.

01:43Tulsi Gabbard who's here for a two and a half day visit.

01:45She'll also be going to Japan and other nations and she will be speaking on the occasion of

01:50the Ryazena Dialogue tomorrow in the National Capital and earlier she has already met NSA

01:57Ajit Doval along with the leaders of other nations, the Intelligence Chiefs of the other

02:01nations, the Five Eyes in fact and this meeting is important in terms of intelligence sharing,

02:07defense cooperation, security especially when it comes to counter terrorism.

02:12So this is an important collaboration that India is moving ahead with the United States

02:16in terms of security and intelligence sharing.

02:19And in today's meeting important discussions will be done as it is being indicated that

02:26this meeting will discuss the challenges that are being faced by US and India especially

02:33when it comes to the Indo-Pacific region and the intelligence sharing in terms of countering

02:37terrorism across the globe not only on the borders of India but we see there are tensions

02:43between India and Canada in terms of the Khalistani terrorists who are raising anti-India dialogue

02:49or a protest whenever we see a diplomat out there.

02:53So in fact a very important meeting that will be involving a number of issues and the meeting

02:57is underway right now.

02:59The meeting currently underway between Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and also Tulsi Gabbard

03:04important of course to highlight that this is the first visit by a top official of the

03:08Trump team to India and fitting really that is Tulsi Gabbard we all know of course of

03:13her Desi tie her Indian ties not her first visit also Shivani to India considering she

03:19has visited many times and she has a very very close rapport with several of these ministers.

03:25She has met Mr. Rajnath Singh previously as well.

03:31Yes you are right Akshita she has been to India before this also but what is important

03:36is that after taking over as the DNI chief this is her first visit to India she has already

03:41met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in America when he was there to meet the President and

03:46after this whole role whole new role that she has taken this is her first meeting to

03:52the Indo-Pacific region and to India specifically where she will be meeting many more leaders

03:58she is already meeting and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh she shares a special tie with

04:03India you are correct and we have already seen a lot of her videos where she is involved

04:10in the Indian origin traditions and today when she will be meeting Defense Minister

04:16Rajnath Singh she will be definitely discussing India's role and India's leadership in intelligence

04:21sharing with United States of America to counter terrorism globally and wherever it is thriving

04:28especially in the Indo-Pacific region where India is also trying to face all the challenges

04:33together with the United States and other partners so this is an important meeting indeed

04:38and her visit to India after taking over as the DNI chief is all the more important

04:42all right Shivani thanks very much for joining us with those details remember

04:46that Tulsi Gabbard next will also be at the Resina Dialogue and we'll track those

04:50updates she's expected to be the keynote speaker at the Resina Dialogue

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