India, US hold first ever bilateral dialogue on UN

February 19, 2015 08:58

India and the US have held their first ever bilateral dialogue on the United Nations and multilateral issues in the spirit of the "Delhi Declaration of Friendship"that strengthens and expands the two countries' relationship.

"Today's discussions focused on international peace andsecurity, peacekeeping operations, counter-piracy, the Post-2015 Development Agenda, the UN Human Rights Council, and other matters of mutual interest," the State Department said in a statement yesterday.

"This dialogue was held in the spirit of the Delhi Declaration of Friendship in which the United States and India vowed to hold regular consultations in multilateral forums,"it said.

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