# India Angle: Rajnath Singh's Defence Diplomacy in Philippines | WION India Angle

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This week in India Angle, the 3rd episode, with our foreign editor Sidhant Sibal. India’s foreign policy stayed busy this week with outreach across Europe, defence diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific, and work at BRICS and the UN.

Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein held talks in Delhi on trade under the TEPA agreement with EFTA states, which entered into force on 1 October and includes a $100 billion FDI commitment. Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, while EU Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee chair David McAllister led a delegation visit. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal concluded a six-day swing through Germany and the Netherlands promoting the prospective India-EU FTA.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended the ADMM-Plus in Cebu, marking one year of the US-India Major Defence Partnership framework with Pete Hegseth while raising concerns over US F-16 packages for Pakistan.

The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in New Delhi adopted a joint declaration backing UN Security Council reform and zero tolerance for terrorism. EAM Jaishankar is now in Atlanta for the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Quad talks before heading to Antigua and Barbuda for CHOGM.

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