No Party To Get Majority In 2014 General Elections In India: U.S. Spy Chief

"We judge that India and Pakistan will seek modest progress in minimally controversial areas, such as trade, while probably deferring serious discussion on territorial disagreements and terrorism," he said.

Clapper said India would continue to cooperate with the U.S. on the future of Afghanistan following drawdown of NATO forces.

 India also shares U.S. concerns about a resurgent Taliban in the war-torn nation, seeing it as a long-term security threat and source of regional instability, he said.

 On Sino-India ties, he said the two sides have attempted to reduce long-standing border tensions through confidence- building measures, such as holding the first military exercise in five years in November 2013 and signing a Border Defence Cooperation Agreement during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to China in October 2013.

 "However, mutual suspicions are likely persist," Clapper said.

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