India, May 30 -- Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Samuel J Paparo in Singapore on Friday and held wide-ranging talks on security challenges in the region.

Singh's talks with Paparo -on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue 2026 - focused on "strengthening military-to-military cooperation and addressing emerging security challenges" in the Indo-Pacific region, the Directorate of Public Relations under India's Ministry of Defence said in a social media post.

The meeting reaffirmed the "shared commitment" to deepening India-US defence ties at a time when the Indo-Pacific has emerged as the central theatre of global strategic competition, it said.

Earlier this week, US Secretary o...