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Trump administration has very positive view of Indo-US ties: Jaishankar

The Trump Administration has a "very positive view" of the Indo-US relationship and a lot of interest in taking the ties forward, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said today after his wide-ranging talks with senior Cabinet members and top officials at Washington.
"Optimistic" about the continuation of the upward trajectory of the bilateral relationship, Jaishankar told Indian reporters here that the India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, which was started under the previous Obama administration, would be held later this year.
Dates were being worked out for the India visit of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to hold the first India US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue under the Trump administration.
"Overall, (the) sense was that the Administration has a very positive view of the relationship, positive view of India," said Jaishankar, who along with Commerce Secretary Rita Teotia, is on a visit here to to engage with the new Trump administration. "We saw a lot of goodwill and a lot of interest in taking the relationship forward," he said.
Jaishankar, during his visit, held a number of key meetings here, including with Secretary of State Tillerson, Commerce Secretary Ross, Secretary of Homeland Security Gen (retd) John Kelly, National Security Advisor R McMaster, and Deputy Assistant to the President, Ken Juster.