India, US take stock of bilateral relations

NEW DELHI: India and US today took stock of their bilateral relations including those of strategic interest.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken deliberated on a range of key issues of mutual interests as part of the India-US Foreign Office Consultation.

Jaishankar and Blinken also reviewed implementation of decisions taken during US President Barack Obama's visit here in January besides reviewing the security scenario in the region.

India and the US had managed to break the seven-year-old logjam in operationalising their landmark civil nuclear agreement during Obama's talks with Modi here in January.

Both sides had also agreed on four projects under the Defence Technology Transfer Initiative (DTTI) including exploring development of advanced jets in India.

Issues relating trade, business and defence are understood to have figured in the deliberations.