US Chief of Naval Operations Michael Martin Gilday met India’s Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu and discussed ways to strengthen the Indo-US defence partnership. Together, we will promote a free, open & inclusive rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. I look forward to our two navies’ continued cooperation, Admiral Gilday said in a tweet after the meeting on Friday.

Great to meet with India’s Ambassador to the United States Gilday tweeted and posted two pictures of the meeting on the micro-blogging site. Sandhu, in his tweet, thanked the Admiral for hosting a wonderful evening.

I look forward to working together to further deepen India-US partnership, Sandhu said. Cooperation in the maritime domain is one of the key pillars of the India-US defense relationship.