Jaishankar meets nationwide intelligence director, FBI director to wrap up US go to

“Appreciate our sturdy cooperation in countering organised crime, drug trafficking and terrorism,” mentioned Jaishankar on X after assembly with Patel.

The Indian-origin FBI chief lately spoke publicly concerning the US-India cooperation in stemming the movement of fentanyl precursor chemical compounds from China into the United States. The inflow of fentanyl and associated chemical compounds has contributed to the continuing opioid disaster in America, which claimed the lives of over 80,000 individuals in 2024.

“I actually simply bought off the telephone with the Indian authorities. I mentioned, I would like your assist. This stuff’s coming into your nation after which they’re shifting it out of your nation as a result of India will not be consuming fentanyl. We’re going to search out these firms that purchase it and we’re going to close them down,” Patel mentioned on a podcast lately, including that New Delhi and Washington would look to indict firms concerned in drug trafficking.

In its 2025 Annual Threat Assessment Report, the workplace of the director of nationwide intelligence said that India was second solely to China as a supply of illicit fentanyl precursor chemical compounds and pill-pressing gear.

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Jaishankar additionally met with US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard. The two mentioned the “international state of affairs and our bilateral cooperation,” mentioned Jaishankar on X.

Gabbard was the primary senior official from the second Trump administration to go to India. During the go to, she met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and defence minister Rajnath Singh, and attended a high-level intelligence convention in New Delhi.

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According to the workplace of the director of nationwide intelligence, her conferences in India targeted on defence, counter-terrorism, transnational threats, and intelligence sharing.