TIL Desk/World/New Delhi/ National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday held ‘broad-based’ talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defence Secretary James Mattis and his American counterpart John Bolton during which they discussed the ‘future direction’ of the strategic Indo-US ties.
Doval’s meeting with the top three officials of the Trump administration came a week after the successful India-US 2+2 Dialogue between the defence and foreign ministers of the two countries.
This was Doval’s first meeting with Bolton, the new National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. Doval had met Pompeo and Mattis last week in New Delhi too.
“During the three back-to-back meetings, Doval had good chance to review the entire bilateral relationship after the 2+2 talks. They build upon the discussion in New Delhi last week,” informed sources told. India’s ambassador to the US, Navtej Singh Sarna, accompanied Doval in these meetings.