US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and defence secretary Mark Esper held a meeting with India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh and EAM S Jaishankar at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi. During the third 2+2 dialogue, Pompeo called China a threat to security and freedom. Amid the heightened importance of the Indo-Pacific region, Pompeo also added a lot of discussions need to happen during the India-US talks to confront Chinese Communist party's threats to security & freedom, to promote peace and stability in the area.