India, Feb. 5 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and held a discussion on advancing bilateral economic partnership and strategic cooperation. "Pleased to meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington DC today. Had a useful discussion on advancement of India-US economic partnership and strategic cooperation," Jaishankar said in an X post on Tuesday. In a post, Bessent said he enjoyed his meeting with Jaishankar.

"During our talks, we addressed the importance of securing supply chains, as well as other national and economic security issues of mutual interest," he said. Jaishankar is on a visit to the United States from February 2-4 and will participate in the Critical Minerals Ministe...