Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India and USA are marking a beginning of a new era. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar met US Secretary of Defense Dr Mark T Esper and Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo in Washington DC on December 18, 2019, for the second annual India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.