External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met with UK Chief of Defence Staff General Nicholas Carter in the national capital and discussed the situations pertaining to Afghanistan and issues related to Indo-Pacific.

“Received UK CDS General Nicholas Carter. The conversation centred around Afghanistan and Indo-Pacific,” Jaishankar tweeted along with a picture from the meeting. 

General Carter, who is on a three-day visit to India, had on Thursday laid a wreath at the National War Memorial and received a Guard of Honour at the South Block. His visit comes following the Taliban’s take over of Afghanistan and amid growing Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.

Yesterday, the UK Chief of Defence Staff had called on his Indian counterpart General Bipin Rawat and discussed the way forward to enhance the defence cooperation between the two countries.

“General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of the Defence Staff, UK called on General Bipin Rawat CDS and discussed steps to take forward the defence cooperation between India and UK,” Indian Army had tweeted.

Later in the day, the External Affairs Minister met with UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss. The two ministers also held delegation-level talks.

“Today’s meeting is very useful because it gives us a chance to review the progress on the Roadmap 2030 that was agreed to between our Prime Ministers. We have significant movement on a number of pillars, including one of the pillars you dealt with in your previous capacity,” the EAM said.