New Delhi: United States National Security Advisor Lieutenant General HR McMaster on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and reviewed bilateral ties and the situation in the South Asian region.
Earlier today, McMaster also held a two-hour meeting with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.
Besides Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, Doval was also present during McMaster’s meeting with PM Modi at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.
News agency IANS quoted sources as saying that they discussed security issues concerning the South Asian region and how to better cooperate on countering terror threats emanating from Taliban and surging Islamic State’s presence in Afghanistan.
The US NSA arrived here last evening from Pakistan where he met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and some top officials.
In Islamabad, the relations between India and Pakistan figured in McMaster’s discussions with Sharif.
As part of the South Asia trip, he also visited Afghanistan before travelling to Pakistan.
On Sunday, McMaster criticised the Pakistani leadership for selectively targeting terror groups.
In an interview to Afghan television channel ToloNews, the US NSA appeared to take a “tougher line” on Pakistan, which has been accused of using the Taliban as a proxy force and giving its leaders sanctuary.
“As all of us have hoped for many, many years. We have hoped that Pakistani leaders will understand that it is in their interest to go after these groups less selectively than they have in the past,” McMaster had said during his latest visit to the war-torn country, according to a report in .
“The best way to pursue their interests in Afghanistan and elsewhere is through the use of diplomacy, and not through the use of proxies that engage in violence,” it quoted him as saying.
Bureau Report
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