U.S.Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will arrive in India Sunday on a three-day visit.
Carter will first visit Goa and then New Delhi at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar.
Ahead of his visit, Carter said in New York that discussions with the Indian leadership would be global-based, covering all issues.
He also said that there was no question of treating India as the other side of the Pakistan coin, or vice versa.