Pompeo to visit India next week for strategic talks


FE Team | Published: October 21, 2020 22:19:05 | Updated: October 23, 2020 17:07:09


Pompeo to visit India next week for strategic talks

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper will travel to India next week for a top-level ministerial dialogue.

They are also expected to discuss defence and trade issues, reports Reuters.

Pompeo and Esper will hold two-plus-two talks with Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S. Jaishankar on October 27, a statement from Indian government said on Wednesday.

The so-called two-plus-two talks were started by US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 and two meetings have been held previously in New Delhi and Washington

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