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Washington: During his three-day trip to India, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken will reaffirm the strengthening of the bilateral relationship, the White House said Wednesday.
Blinken, 60, arrived in New Delhi Wednesday night after his Central Asia trip. He is in New Delhi primarily to attend the G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting. On the sidelines of which he will have a meeting with his counterparts of Quad countries and participate in a panel discussion with them.
“Secretary Blinken will reaffirm the strength of the US-India relationship and express our commitment to continue working together and in groups like the Quad to advance economic growth for our two countries and expand cooperation as we have our shared priorities,” White House Press Secretary told reporters at a news conference here.
Blinken would also hold bilateral talks with the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
“Namaste, India!” Blinken’s Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said on the landing of Blinken in New Delhi.
“Secretary Blinken has arrived in New Delhi for the G-20 FMM (foreign ministers meeting) and to strengthen the US-India strategic partnership, which is founded on our shared values including a commitment to democracy and the rules-based international system,” Patel said in a tweet.
Soon after the landing of Blinken in New Delhi, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that he will attend the G-20 meeting and take part in the Raisina Dialogue. “He will also have an opportunity to engage on a bilateral basis with his Foreign Secretary (sic) Jaishankar, and other senior Indian counterparts,” he said.
recognized in Bali under Indonesia’s leadership last year, security issues do have implications for all of these issues that the G20 countries care about.
“What we saw coming out of the G20 finance ministers meeting last weekend was a very clear manifestation that the G20 is determined to make progress, to address and confront these common challenges, and to the extent there are divides within the G20, it is Russia, it is China that find themselves isolated,” Price said.
