NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit the United States for the first meeting of the '2+2 Dialogue' on July 6 with Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo and Secretary of Defence James N Mattis.
This new dialogue format was agreed to between the two sides during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington DC on June 25-26, 2017, the ministry of external affairs said.
The two sides are expected to share perspectives on strengthening their strategic and security ties and exchange views on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.