On Sunday (March 16), US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard arrived in India to attend a high-level conference on intelligence and security cooperation. She is visiting India as a part of a multi-nation trip to the Indo-Pacific region. Tulsi is the first Trump 2.0 official to visit India.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is set to chair a conference hosted by India. The conference is expected to discuss ways to enhance intelligence sharing to combat terrorism, various transnational crimes, and international security-related issues on crime.
Intelligence chiefs from the US, Australia, Germany, New Zealand and multiple other friendly countries of India are attending the meeting that is going to be held in Delhi today. The Security and Intelligence Chiefs’ Conference has brought together heads and deputy heads of intelligence and security organisations from around 20 countries.
Canadian intelligence chief Daniel Rogers and Britain’s MI6 chief Richard Moore will be among the top global intelligence chiefs at a gathering in India on Sunday to attend a security conference.
Apart from attending the Intelligence Chiefs’ Conference, Tulsi Gabbard will address the Raisina Dialogue and hold a one-on-one meeting with NSA Doval. It was learnt that the US intelligence chief had reached India after concluding her trip to Thailand.
In their deliberations, the intelligence chiefs are also expected to focus on various global challenges, including the implications of the Russia-Ukraine war and conflicts in West Asia. Ways to tackle crimes in the digital space are also likely to be discussed in the high-level meeting.
NSA Doval is also expected to hold one-on-one meetings with his counterparts from several key countries during the conference. In meetings with Indian interlocutors, Gabbard is also likely to discuss the need to enhance cooperation between the two countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
Recently, the relationship between India and the US has been upgraded after Trump returned to the White House. India-US relations have come out from historical mistrust and have moved to a more robust relationship in recent years. The US and India have been some of the most terrorism-affected countries in the world, and this intelligence-sharing conference among like-minded countries is expected to yield comprehensive results on terrorism and transnational crimes.
