Two Indian soldiers have gone missing from a military base in California where they were participating in joint training exercises with US troops, the State Department said Friday.
"We can confirm reports that two Indian soldiers disappeared from Camp Pendleton during a training assignment," the State Department said in a statement.
India's consulate in San Francisco requested assistance from the US Office of Foreign Missions in Los Angeles to help track down the pair.
"We are working with the Department of Defense, as well as state and local law enforcement agencies, to provide the Indian government with all the help it needs to locate these individuals," the State Department said.
The statement did not name the individuals or address the circumstances of their disappearance.
A US Marine Corps website described Exercise Shatrujeet 2008 as a two-week joint operation with the Indian army to "share knowledge and build interoperabililty for possible future operations."
US-India military relations were marked by mistrust during the Cold War, but there has been a significant change in relations in recent years as Washington and New Delhi pursue expanded arms deals and annual joint exercises.
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