India, May 10 -- India and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) discussed expanding and diversifying regular migration pathways.

Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh met with IOM Director General Amy Pope on Friday on the sidelines of the second International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) currently underway.

"Discussions focused on expanding and diversifying regular migration pathways and on India's proactive approach to the implementation of GCM and IOM activities in India," Singh said in a social media post.

IOM is the leading UN-related intergovernmental organisation in the field of migration, established in 1951 to promote humane and orderly migration. It...