<span style="color: #222222;">National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on Monday. The two leaders highlighted cooperation in specific niche technologies in maritime, military and aerospace domains to boost capabilities. <br />''<br />''They also discussed cooperation in the greater transfer of technology, co-production and building indigenous capacities in line with India's Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiatives. <br />''<br />''Another point of discussion between them was ensuring that countries in different regions – Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia and Indo-Pacific retain their freedom of action in line with their national priorities and are not coerced into poor choices. They also agreed to focus on trusted sources of supply, resilient supply chains and greater industry-to-industry partnerships. <br />''<br />''he National Security Advisor of India and the US Secretary of Defence also decided to take a strategic approach to global challenges through the whole government efforts including people-to-people and societal relations.</span><br />