India, US hold talks to expand cooperation on defence, foreign policy issues

NEW DELHI: India and the US on Friday discussed ways to expand bilateral cooperation on defence and foreign policy issues and exchanged views on regional developments as stakeholders for a free, open, inclusive and peaceful

Indo-Pacific

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The inaugural round of the India-US 2+2 inter-sessional meeting was held here with the Indian delegation led jointly by Gourangalal Das, joint secretary in the ministry of external affairs and Shambhu S Kumaran, joint secretary, ministry of defence, while the US side was headed jointly by ambassador

Alice Wells

, principal deputy assistant secretary of state and Randall Schriver, assistant secretary of defense.

The inter-sessional meeting was set up to follow up on the decisions taken during the India-US Ministerial 2+2 Dialogue, the first round of which was held in New Delhi in September 2018, and to make continued progress on bilateral cooperation on cross-cutting defence and foreign policy issues of interest to both sides, the MEA said in a statement.

The two sides also exchanged views on regional developments as partners and stakeholders for a free, open, inclusive, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific, it said.


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