India and the US have discussed efforts to advance the bilateral civil-nuclear cooperation and increase trade and investment between the two countries, a top American official has said a day after Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar met the Deputy Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, here.
During his meeting with Blinken, Jaishankar discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues, a State Department spokesperson said.
“They discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including US-India efforts to advance our civil-nuclear cooperation and to increase bilateral trade and investment,” the official told PTI.
“The Deputy Secretary also expressed appreciation for India’s contributions to the global efforts to address climate change and both the countries’ historic signing of the Paris Agreement,” the official had said yesterday.
Jaishankar’s visit to Washington came amid speculation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit the US in June. There has been no official word from either New Delhi or the White House in this regard however.
Last week, a bipartisan group of four American lawmakers in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, urged him to invite Modi to address a joint meeting of the US Congress during his visit, expected on June 7 and 8.
The visit would be Modi’s fourth trip to the United States in two years.