new delhi india has rejected suggestions that the us was hyphenating india and pakistan and has said that ties between new delhi and america are comprehensive and should not be seen through the prism of a third countryraveesh kumar spokesperson for the ministry of external affairs also expressed hope that the 2 plus 2 strategic and security dialogue involving the us secretary of state rex tillerson defence secretary james mattis and external affairs minister sushma swaraj and defence minister nirmala sitharaman would materialise soonthere are reports that tillerson could visit india and pakistan during a trip later this monthresponding to a question on whether tillersons visit to pakistan could come in indias way to isolate islamabad kumar said we do not agree with this assessment that tillerson visiting pakistan and india together means anythingin august tillerson had said that pakistan could lose its major nonnato ally status if it continued giving safe haven to afghan terror groups the comments on islamabad speaks for itself kumar saidwe feel that indiaus bilateral relations are very comprehensive and stand on their own merits and both the countries do not look at our relationship through the prism of a third country the mea spokesperson saidon tillersons visit to india kumar said we have not yet confirmed the visithowever he added that the two foreign offices are in touch on the proposals for the highlevel visits when we have some conformation we will make announcement in due courseon the 2 plus 2 dialogue the mea spokesperson said there are four ministers involved and getting the dates from them all is a process which is going on and we hope that this dialogue materialises soonto a question on a possible us retreat from the iran nuclear deal and its impact on the chabahar port projects kumar said india has its own independent position and its relationship with iran is historical and civilisationalwe do feel that it should be seen independent from our relationship from any other country he saidearly this week us president donald trump proposed ending extendedfamily chain migration by limiting family based green cards to spouses and minor children and replacing it with a meritbased system that prioritises skills and economic contributions over family connections this is expected to have an impact on indianskumar said india has already taken up these issues including one related to h1b visas with the usthe issue was recently taken up by the external affairs minister swaraj when she had a meeting with secretary of state tillerson in new york he saidwe also took up the matter of h1b visa and daca deferred action for childhood arrivals programme and conveyed our position on this matter this was earlier taken up by the prime minister narendra modi during his meeting with president trump as well the mea spokesperson said