<h1>India's External Affairs Minister meets US Secretary of State and other officials to discuss trade, defense, energy cooperation</h1> India's External Affairs Minister held talks with three senior US officials including the Secretary of State, Defense Secretary, and Energy Secretary on the sidelines of a Quad foreign ministers' meeting. Discussions focused on deepening bilateral collaboration in trade, defense, energy, mobility, and critical technologies. The meetings addressed implementation of the US-India COMPACT initiative launched earlier this year, ongoing bilateral trade agreement negotiations, and regional developments. This marked the first in-person meeting between the foreign ministers following recent military tensions between India and Pakistan.