India, Jan. 20 -- Senior US government officials will regularly travel to India as part of efforts to take the bilateral partnership to the next level of cooperation, US ambassador Sergio Gor said on Tuesday against the backdrop of continuing strains between the two countries on trade-related issues.

Gor made the remarks at the conclusion of what was described by the US embassy as a "productive visit" by Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who met external affairs minister S Jaishankar, commerce minister Piyush Goyal and members of Parliament during January 17-19.

At his meetings with Indian officials and MPs, Daines discussed growing US-India defence cooperation, mutual efforts to secure supply chai...