Article Posted on : - Dec 08, 2015

NEW DELHI (PTI): India and the US on Monday took stock of their bilateral relations including those of strategic interest.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken deliberated on a range of key issues of mutual interests as part of the India-US Foreign Office Consultation.

Jaishankar and Blinken also reviewed implementation of decisions taken during US President Barack Obama's New Delhi visit in January besides reviewing the security scenario in the region.

India and the US had managed to break the seven-year-old logjam in operationalising their landmark civil nuclear agreement during Obama's talks with Modi at New Delhi in January.

Both sides had also agreed on four projects under the Defence Technology Transfer Initiative (DTTI) including exploring development of advanced jets in India.

Issues relating to trade, business and defence are understood to have figured in the deliberations.