India, May 23 -- India will continue working with the United States for the global good even as it backs peace efforts and the peaceful resolution of the conflict in West Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday during talks with US secretary of state Marco Rubio that focused on cooperation in areas ranging from defence to technology and energy security.

Rubio flew into Kolkata early on Saturday to begin a four-day visit to India, during which he will hold talks with his counterpart S Jaishankar on Sunday and participate in a Quad foreign ministers' meeting on May 26.

This is Rubio's first visit to India and the two sides are looking to the trip to take forward a reset in relations that were hit last year by differences over ...