Jaishankar, Pompeo Discuss Security in Indo-Pacific Region, Cooperation in Covid-19 Efforts on Phone

New Delhi: India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his American counterpart Mike Pompeo spoken over the phone and held discussed on a host of topics including bilateral and multilateral cooperation on issues of international concern, efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and the Indo-Pacific region, a senior US official said.

Both Jaishankar and Pompeo reiterated that the strength of the India-US relationship to advance peace, prosperity, and security in the Indo-Pacific and around the globe, Cale Brown, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the State Department said on Thursday.

Taking to Twitter Pompeo wrote: "We remain united to advance peace in Afghanistan, and to a secure and sovereign Indo-Pacific in which all countries can prosper.”