India & US review progress of bilateral cooperation in 2+2 inter-sessional meeting

New Delhi: India and the United States reviewed the progress of bilateral cooperation in areas including defence, technology, space cooperation, clean energy and maritime domain awareness. The two sides took stock of the progress during a bilateral 2+2 inter-sessional meeting held in New Delhi on Monday.

The External Affairs Ministry said, the officials also had an opportunity to exchange assessments on a range of regional and international issues during the meeting. The 2+2 inter-sessional laid the groundwork in the lead up to the next 2+2



ministerial dialogue to advance the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.

The Indian delegation at the meeting was led by the Joint Secretary (Americas) Nagaraj Naidu, and the Joint Secretary (International Cooperation) Vishwesh Negi. The American delegation was headed by US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu and US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Jedidiah P. Royal.