2+2 Dialogue: Will not discuss India buying oil from Iran, says US' Pompeo 

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that he and Defence Secretary Jim Mattis would not be discussing India buying oil from Iran or missile defence systems from Russia during the 2+2 Dialogue.

Pompeo said that although the issues were crucial to India-US ties, they would not be discussed during the meet, which will be held between Pompeo, Mattis, and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Sushma Swaraj.

"Don’t see us resolving those or have an intention to resolve those during this set of meetings of the strategic dialogue," Pompeo told media en route to Ireland

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"They'll certainly come up, but I don’t think they’ll be the primary focus of what it is we’re trying to accomplish here," he added.

Ahead of the strategic dialogue with India, that will commence in New Delhi on September 6, Pompeo is expected to press Pakistan to target all terror groups on its soil and play a positive role in war-torn Afghanistan.

He is set to meet Pakistan's new leadership headed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan in Islamabad today in a bid to reset the strained bilateral ties, news agency PTI reported.

Pompeo's visit will mark the first-ever high-level dialogue between the Trump administration and Khan-led Pakistan's regime.

The US delegation will "make very clear what we have to do, all of our nations, in meeting our common foe, the terrorists," Defence Secretary James Mattis said last week in Washington.