Highlights: "Never Considered" India, China On Verge Of War: US Secretary Of Defense

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who arrived in Delhi earlier on Friday, is on a three-day official visit to the country. It is the first visit to India by a top official of US President Joe Biden's administration.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaking about India-US ties at a briefing today said there are a number of things that India and US can work on together as both are the largest democracies in the world and "there are some shared values there." Mr Austin, who arrived in Delhi earlier on Friday, is on a three-day official visit to the country. It is the first visit to India by a top official of US President Joe Biden's administration. Elevating the US-India defence partnership is a priority of the Joe Biden administration, the US Defence Secretary said as he described the relationship between the two countries as a "stronghold" of a free and open Indo-Pacific.