India and the United States have agreed to hold another round of bi-lateral dialogue on East Asian affairs later this year, the State Department said.
The decision was taken at a meeting early this week in New Delhi.
The Assistant Secretary of State, Kurt Campbell, led an inter agency delegation to New Delhi, on April 4, where he met with counterparts from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and co-chaired the third US-India dialogue on East
Asian affairs.
"Both sides agreed to hold another dialogue later this year," the State Department said in a statement.
On April 6 in Singapore, Campbell met Permanent
Secretary Bilahari Kausikan from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other Singaporean officials to discuss bilateral and regional issues.
In Beijing on April 7, Campbell met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun, and Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai to discuss bilateral relations and prepare for the Strategic and Economic
Dialogue.
During the meeting Campbell raised US concerns about the human rights situation in China.
"They also discussed our ongoing cooperation on
regional and global security issues, such as North Korea and Iran," the State Department said.