Gates meets PM,Krishna

US defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of USs plan to step up military cooperation and see that India and Pakistan join hands to combat terrorism.

Gates,who arrived on Tuesday morning on a two-day visit,will hold substantive talks with Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday during which he is expected to ask New Delhi to sign a bilateral Logistics Support Agreement and a communication sharing pact.

Arriving here ahead of his visit to Pakistan,he also met External Affairs Minister S M Krishna. During the meetings with Singh and Krishna,he discussed the situation in the region.