SRINAGAR, Aug 16: US senator John McCain held discussions “on various important issues” with India's top representative in held Kashmir and senior army officials on Tuesday, the government said.

“During their wide-ranging discussions lasting about two hours, Senator McCain and the Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra exchanged views on various important issues of mutual interest,” a government statement read.

It said the chief of the Indian army's northern division and the army chief of the Kashmir valley were present during the discussions. Full details of the discussions were not made available to the media.

The senior Republican was accompanied by two foreign policy advisers and diplomats from the US embassy in New Delhi.

The senator later met Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The meetings took place in Srinagar.—AFP