Fighter jets, drones on table as Mattis visits key ally India
WASHINGTON: Fighter jets, drone deals and shared concerns over Afghanistan's security look set to dominate the agenda when US Defense Secretary James Mattis visits India this week.
Mattis is scheduled to arrive late Monday and is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new defence minister, in the first visit by a top US official since Donald Trump became president in January.
"The United States views India as a valued and influential partner, with broad mutual interests extending well beyond South Asia," a…