India, May 25 -- India and the US on Sunday moved to set aside the rancour and strain that characterised bilateral relations over the past year, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar and US secretary of state Marco Rubio discussing ways to deepen cooperation in defence, energy, technology, critical minerals, while also addressing the fallout from the conflict in West Asia.

The two leaders held talks at Hyderabad House, a day after Rubio arrived in India for a four-day visit that will also see him participating in a Quad foreign ministers' meeting on May 26 that is expected to focus on the Indo-Pacific. India strongly raised disruptions to energy supplies caused by the US-Israel war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,...