The Wednesday talks took place amid a war of words between the two sides on perception of the LAC, the de-facto Sino-India border spanning a length of nearly 3,500 km.
On Tuesday, Pompeo and Esper will hold the 2+2 talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, covering the entire expanse of defence and security ties as well as key regional and global issues.
It is the first highest level face-to-face meeting between the two sides after the border row escalated in eastern Ladakh in early May.
While the precise nature of the Monday night talks was not divulged, sources said the two sides exchanged frank and candid views on bilateral defence cooperation and regional and other security issues.
He said both sides reaffirmed to sincerely work towards complete disengagement of the troops along the LAC.
'The international community should call upon Pakistan to take sustained, verifiable and irreversible actions against terror outfits operating on the territory under its control'
The team will leave for Havana on Tuesday and is expected to return on Thursday evening.
While the Indian delegation would represented by DIG BSF, Jaisalmer, K R Patel, the Pakistani side will be led by Khushnood Mahmood, Director General of Sindh Rangers.
The India-Pakistan ties nose-dived in recent years with no bilateral talks taking place. The ties between the two countries had strained after Pakistan-based terror groups launched attacks in India in 2016.
Kuwait has expressed optimism that the row over a possible ban on landing of state-owned Indian airliners in its capital will be resolved amicably as the two countries prepare to hold talks on the issue.
Goyal was to visit Beijing from August 2 to 3 to take part in the RCEP Intersessional Ministerial meet.
In the review meeting, Singh told the top military brass to continue to deal with the situation in eastern Ladakh and other areas with "firmness".
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The talks came a day after the two armies began a limited disengagement in a few areas in Galwan Valley and Hot Spring in a demonstration of their intent to end the row peacefully.
If we ignore Pakistan and direct our energies to more important issues at the UN, our position against internationalising Kashmir would be strengthened.
Vice President Hamid Ansari's visit to Havana provided rare insights of the Castro brothers, Fidel and Raul. Rediff.com's Nikhil Lakshman reports.
Singh, who arrived in Moscow on Wednesday on a three-day visit to attend a crucial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), pressed for expediting supply of a number of weapons systems, ammunition and spares to India by Russia under contracts which were concluded earlier.
The issue of the United States pullout from Afghanistan next year and the likely scenario of re-emergence of Taliban dominated the talks between India and China as part of their two-day annual counter-terrorism dialogue in Beijing on Thursday.
Ivanka, who would be leading American delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India in November, discussed women's entrepreneurship and workforce development in the two countries.
The six-day long World Economic Forum annual meet, which will see participation of over 100 Indian business and political honchos as well as global leaders, began here today and fiscal woes in the world economy are expected to dominate discussions.
This is the first time such a bilateral dialogue focusing on Central Asia where the two countries have long and historical ties was held, reflecting deepening diplomatic engagement between the two neighbours even as they try to sort out friction resulting from recent reported incursions by Chinese troops along the Ladakh border
'They also agreed that for the overall development of bilateral relations it was essential to maintain enduring peace and tranquillity in the border areas,' the MEA said in a statement.
India and China would hold their annual counter terrorism dialogue this week during which the two are expected to focus on Islamic militant groups in the backdrop of US plans to pull out its troops from Afghanistan next year.
Top defence officials of India and China on Monday kick-started the two-day annual defence dialogue in Beijing to discuss a host of issues concerning the bilateral military ties including resumption of joint exercises this year.
The joint statement said Jaishankar and Wang agreed that both sides should take guidance from the series of consensus reached between leaders of the two countries on developing India-China relations, including not allowing differences to become disputes.
As the security apparatus grapples with the fall out of the Maoists attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde is away in the United States and will return only on Wednesday.
An Indian delegation led by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien on Monday left for the Vatican from Delhi to take part in the installation of Pope Francis as the 266th Pontiff of the Catholic church.
Budget forces last minute change in finance minister's plans.
AG Mukul Rohatgi led the Indian delegation at the UN Human Rights Council.
Seven policemen of the elite force of Pakistan have been suspended from service for leaving Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and his delegation unguarded while they went to have dinner at a reception in Lahore, officials said.
The visit will be followed by the return visit of the Indian delegation to Islamabad on March 28.
Nath, who is leading the Indian delegation at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, also said that even the US or Europe would not have seen as many reforms that happened in India.
Pakistan on Monday called for the "amicable resolution" of all issues with India as their defence secretaries began talks to ease the military standoff on Siachen against the backdrop of calls to demilitarise the world's highest battlefield.
Pakistan interested in importing furnace oil, diesel: Pak Petroleum Min.
While the list of CEOs given to the French media mentioned Gautam Adani, the list given to the Indian media omitted his name.
But private Indian defence firms prefer to do business with the West. Indian CEOs say they encounter difficulties in obtaining full and timely payment from Russian partners.
Pakistan will allow 5,000 Indian pilgrims to visit the gurdwara every day using the planned corridor, and the numbers could be more on special occasions.
India has given to Pakistan fresh evidence against Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Saeed and asked Islamabad to act against the 26/11 mastermind.
Pakistan on Friday said an agreement on a new liberalised visa regime with India will not be inked during the ongoing home secretary-level talks in Islamabad, suggesting that the pact should be concluded at the political level.
The agreement once signed can be worth over $359 million per year, according to international cotton prices that fell to $500.4 per candy (355 kilograms) as of May 11, 2012.
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