India, Oct. 2 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken discussed the intensified conflict in West Asia including Iranian strikes against Israel, the war in Ukraine and India's efforts for peace, developments in Bangladesh where the two countries have differing assessments of the movement that led to a change in the regime, and developments in the Indo-Pacific, including China's actions on Tuesday.

The two also reviewed progress in India-US bilateral partnership in areas of emerging and critical technologies, where there has been progress on sectors such as semiconductors, and clean energy.

Jaishankar met Blinken at the State Department in Washington DC. The two had met in Delaware during the Q...