Leon Panetta India Visit

• Panetta calls for deep US-India defence ties, more arms trade

  US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta promised on Wednesday to let India buy America's best weapons technology and jointly produce and develop equipment in a bid to increase trade with the world's top arms importer.

• Pentagon says India is a global power

  Coinciding with the New Delhi visit of Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, the Pentagon today said India is a global power and is meeting its responsibilities in this capacity.

• Leon Panetta meets AK Antony; China, Af-Pak discussed

  A day after he met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta met Defence Minister AK Antony today as part of his two-day visit to India.

• US Defence Secretary Panetta meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

  US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon. They discussed ways to strengthen the military relations between the two countries. Mr Panetta, will hold detailed talks with the Defence Minister AK Antony at a delegation-level meeting to be held tomorrow.

• US wants greater role for India in Afghanistan

  US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta will encourage India to take a more active role in Afghanistan as international forces draw down after a decade of war, US officials said on Tuesday as the Pentagon chief arrived in New Delhi for two days of talks.

• US Defence Secretary Panetta arrives in India today: Af-Pak, military cooperation on mind

  The situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and strengthening of military cooperation between India and the US are expected to come up in the discussions American Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who arrives here today for a two-day visit, will have with Indian leaders.

• US Defence Secretary to travel to India early June

  US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta would travel to India in the first week of June, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.