US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in India on November 10. 

He will be joined by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. 

They will be traveling to India for the annual 2+2 Dialogue, in which they have extended discussions with their ministerial counterparts, said the US Department of State on Thursday night.

The 2+2 Dialogue was created in 2018. 

It allows the two countries to have high-level discussions about strategic and defence issues.

In addition, the Secretary will hold meetings with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and other senior Indian officials.

This is a key part of the Secretary’s trip to Asia. 

One of the many discussion points will be our cooperation with India to keep the Indo-Pacific free, open, prosperous, and secure. 

The leaders will also discuss the conflict between Israel and Hamas and Russia’s war against Ukraine.

On Israel-Hamas, the Indian Government was direct in its condemnation of the Hamas terrorist attack and has also joined a chorus of nations, including the United States, that have called for sustained humanitarian access to Gaza. 

"With India, we share the goals of preventing this conflict from spreading, preserving stability in the Middle East, and advancing a two-state solution," said the US Department of State.

In recent years, a key part of the 2+2 Dialogue has also been defense co-production with India. "Our intention is to encourage more collaboration to produce world-class defense equipment to meet Indian defense needs and contribute to greater global security."

The four cabinet officials, the two secretaries and their counterparts, will also discuss their efforts to advance democracy and human rights, as well as their expanded cooperation in clean energy, counterterrorism, artificial intelligence, space, and semiconductor manufacture.