After a stopover in Sri Lanka, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo met Maldives foreign minister Abdullah Shahid as he pitched for stronger ties between "Maldives and the US to promote security in the Indian Ocean.

Eye on China: US to open embassy in Maldives, says Pompeo

As US secretary of state Mike Pompeo engaged with top Indian officials during the 2+2 dialogue, China's foreign ministry said that he should "stop hyping the so-called "China threat", and should stop sowing discord between China and other countries in the region as the standoff along the LAC between Indian and Chinese troops continues.

India-China standoff: Stop hyping 'threat', China urges Pompeo amid 2+2 dialogue with India

India and the United States have called on Pakistan to act on terrorism and not allow its territory to be used for terrorist attacks. Watch: The joint statement issued by both sides after the 2+2 foreign and defence minister meet in Delhi said, "They denounced the use of terrorist proxies and strongly condemned cross-border terrorism in all its forms" and emphasised the "need for concerted action against all terrorist networks, including al-Qaeda, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

'Sustained and irreversible action': India, US ask Pakistan to act on terrorism during 2+2 meet

According to the reports India and US will be holding the third 2+2 dialogue on October 26th and 27th. The talks will be held in New Delhi.

India-US 2+2 dialogue on Oct 26th and 27th