New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Former senior diplomat Surendra Kumar on Wednesday described the meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as an opportunity for India and the United States to exchange views, narrow differences and improve bilateral relations.

Speaking to ANI, Kumar said the engagement between the two leaders was significant in the context of recent tensions in India-US relations, although he noted that the reiteration of existing positions did not necessarily signal a major breakthrough.

"Any opportunity whenever External Affairs Minister Jaishankar and the Secretary of State can meet, it provides an opportunity to exchange views, to narrow differences and all that," Kumar said....