India, March 29 -- India-US trade negotiations, including reduction of barriers to achieve a balanced trade relationship, and cooperation across the Indo-Pacific figured in a phone conversation on Friday between foreign secretary Vikram Misri and US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau.

The two officials "touched on the growing bilateral trade, defence and technology cooperation, and issues relating to mobility and migration", the external affairs ministry said in a statement without giving details.

Misri underlined the deepening convergence of India-US strategic interests, the statement said.

US state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a readout that Misri and Landauare discussed "ongoing efforts to reduce barriers to...