Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States later this month, New Delhi and Washington have agreed to deepen their already close collaboration on several issues, including the fight against Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. This was decided during Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar’s meeting with US National Security Adviser Susan Rice in Washington.
Spokesman of National Security Council, White House, Ned Price, said in a statement that Ms Rice and Mr Jaishankar also affirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral co-operation in climate change, trade and defence, and noted preparations for the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit.
Yesterday, Jaishankar met with officials at the State Department, Department of Commerce and US Trade Representatives. He is expected to continue his meetings today. Mr Modi will visit the US later this month to attend the Nuclear Security Summit to be hosted by US President Barack Obama.