Washington. Prior to his visit to New Delhi, US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo spoke to External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to congratulate him on his appointment.

Secretary Pompeo underscored the strong US commitment to working closely with the new Indian Government to advance strategic partnership between the two countries.

Both the leaders also discussed shared US and Indian objectives in safeguarding a free and open Indo-Pacific, US-India security cooperation, and the US-India economic partnership.