US has a rich strategic dialogue with India

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Mar 18 (PTI) A day after Indian Foreign
Secretary Nirupama Rao met US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton and National Security Advisor James Jones, the United
States has said it has a rich strategic dialogue with India.
"We have a very rich, strategic dialogue with India,"
State Department Acting Deputy Spokesman, Mark Toner, said.
Without going into specific details of the meeting,
Toner said: "I can certainly imagine that they did talk about
dialogue between Pakistan and India, and better cooperation."
In a statement on Tuesday, Indian Embassy had said Rao
had briefed the top Obama Administration officials about her
recent talks with her Pakistani counterpart and conveyed the
United States New Delhi's view point on Afghanistan.
"Foreign Secretary briefed the US side about her talks
with the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan last month. She
exchanged views on recent developments related to Afghanistan
and stressed that Afghanistan presented the foremost security
related challenge in the region," the Embassy had said.
She reiterated India's long held position that it was
important for the international community to stay the present
course in Afghanistan for as long as it is necessary.
"The US interlocutors conveyed their appreciation of
the important developmental work being done by India in
Afghanistan," it said. PTI