India, Oct. 20 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will begin his three-day visit to India on Tuesday to advance bilateral ties in energy, trade and investment, defence, critical technologies, and exchange views on the West Asia crisis.

Rubio's second India visit this year comes amid persistent friction in bilateral ties.

During his earlier trip in May, he held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, besides attending a Quad foreign ministers' meeting.

The US Secretary of State is expected to be accompanied by a large business delegation, and his October 20-22 trip is likely to focus largely on boosting India-US economic engagement.

In their meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon, Jaishanka...