Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Sunday (March 16, 2025) held bilateral talks with US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and chaired a conclave of top global intelligence czars focusing on ways to boost cooperation in dealing with various security challenges.
She is set to meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh later in the day. The Defence Minister and the American National Intelligence Chief will meet in the South Block and discuss the issues of mutual interest for the two sides, defence ministry officials said.
In their one-on-one meeting, Mr. Doval and Ms. Gabbard mainly discussed ways to strengthen intelligence sharing and working closely in sync with the India-US global strategic partnership, it is learnt.
Ms. Gabbard arrived in the national capital early Sunday on a two-and-a-half-day trip in the first high-level visit to India by a top official of the Donald Trump administration.
It was “good discussion”, top sources told PTI on the Doval-Gabbard meeting.
The US director of national intelligence and Canadian spy chief Daniel Rogers were among top global intelligence czars who attended the India-hosted security conclave that was chaired by Mr. Doval.
The deliberations were held behind closed doors and there was no official word on them. However, it is understood that ways to enhance intelligence-sharing to combat terrorism and various transnational crimes figured at the conclave.
Tulsi Gabbard to visit India
U.S Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on March 10, 2025 said she will visit India as part a “multi-nation” trip to the Indo-Pacific she is undertaking with the aim of building strong relationships and open lines of communication to achieve President Donald Trump’s objectives of peace and freedom.
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Ms. Gabbard is visiting India as part of a multi-nation tour of Japan, Thailand and France. The US intelligence chief will also address the Raisina Dialogue on Tuesday.
Last month, Ms. Gabbard met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington DC.
It is Ms. Gabbard’s second foreign trip after assuming charge as the US intelligence chief. During her first international trip, Gabbard travelled to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference last month.
Published – March 17, 2025 11:24 am IST