New Delhi: General Eric K Shinseki, the first US Army Chief to visit India, was on February 3 given an extensive briefing about continued infiltrations from across the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and an overview of the security situation in the region.

Shinseki, who arrived in New Delhi on February 2, began his formal engagements on February 3 with an hour-long briefing in the Army operations war room after which he held a forty-minute one-to-one meeting with Army Chief General N C Vij.

Though Army officials were tight-lipped about the meeting, highly-placed sources said Shinseki was shown visuals about recent Army interceptions of Pakistani mercenaries. He was also briefed about reports of interrogation of some of the captured top militants.

The General also held talks with the Chief of Staff Committee Chairman and Naval Chief Admiral Madhvendera Singh and the Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal M MacMohan.

To round off his busy day-long hectic schedule, the US Army Chief had a 30-minute meeting with the Defence Minister George Fernandes.

PTI