India ready to share 'battle-tested' anti-terror expertise with ASEAN, its dialogue partners: Rajnath Singh

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being received by Philippine Secretary of National Defence Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. to attend the ADMM-Plus meeting at Mactan Expo, in Cebu on October 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI

India is ready to share its "battle-tested" counter-terror expertise with ASEAN and its dialogue partners, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday (October 29, 2026) as he described Operation Sindoor as a declaration of New Delhi's clear approach against state-sponsored terrorist activities.

The Defence Minister also said that India supports an Indo-Pacific that is secure and resilient -- one where peace and stability are not merely aspirations, but the outcome of collective efforts.

In an address at a conclave of defence ministers of ASEAN member states and the bloc's dialogue partners in Cebu in the Philippines, he flagged concerns over disruptions in certain maritime trade routes and asserted that India will continue to act as a "trusted net security provider" in the Indian Ocean region and the wider Indo-Pacific.