Mike Pompeo arrives in India for 2+2 dialogue

Just a week before the November 3 elections, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has landed in India India for crucial talks. Defence secretary Mark Esper is also travelling with Pompeo. On Tuesday, the officials will meet defence minister Rajnath Singh and foreign minister S Jaishankar for the India-US 2+2 dialogue. This will be the third India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. They will also be meeting NSA Ajit Doval and will jointly call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pompeo will also visit Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia to engage the countries in discussions on how free nations can work together to thwart threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party.