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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held bilateral talks with US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and chaired a conclave of top global intelligence czars focusing on ways to boost cooperation in dealing with various security challenges.

In their one-on-one meeting, Doval and Gabbard mainly discussed ways to strengthen intelligence sharing and working closely in sync with the India-US global strategic partnership, it is learnt.

Gabbard arrived in the national capital on March 16 on a two-and-a-half-day trip in the first high-level visit to India by a top official of the Donald Trump administration.

It was “good discussion”, top sources told PTI on the Doval-Gabbard meeting.

The US director of national intelligence and Canadian spy chief Daniel Rogers were among top global intelligence czars who attended the India-hosted security conclave that was chaired by Doval.

The deliberations were held behind closed doors and there was no official word on them.

However, it is understood that ways to enhance intelligence-sharing to combat terrorism and various transnational crimes figured at the conclave.

Intelligence chiefs of Australia, Germany, New Zealand and several other friendly countries of India were learnt to have attended the conclave.

Gabbard is visiting India as part of a multi-nation tour of Japan, Thailand and France.

The US intelligence chief will also address the Raisina Dialogue on Tuesday.

In February, Gabbard met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington DC.

In their discussions, the intelligence chiefs were understood to have deliberated on various global challenges including implications of the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflict in the Middle East.

It is Gabbard’s second foreign trip after assuming charge as the US intelligence chief. During her first international trip, Gabbard travelled to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference in February.



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