NEW DELHI: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said he reviewed ties with the United States and discussed global issues at a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New Delhi.
Pleased to meet US Secretary of State Secretary Blinken on the sidelines of the G20FMM, Jaishankar said after the meeting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan premises here.
“Opportunity to review bilateral ties and discuss global issues,” tweeted the external affairs minister.
Blinken arrived in the national capital on Wednesday night to participate in the G20 Foreign ministers meeting being held here today under India’s presidency of the G20.
Earlier Blinken took to Twitter to post, “I went to the #G20 today with two imperatives: First, to ensure that the G20 — with India at the helm — advances our shared goals, and second, to demonstrate how the U.S., together with our partners, is acting to meet the needs of the world. We succeeded at both.”
The White House in a statement yesterday said that during his three-day trip to India Blinken will reaffirm the strengthening of the bilateral relationship.
“They will talk about our strategic partner partnership but really focus on how we’re working together in the Asian Quad, in the G20, what we’re doing on defence cooperation and the Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies that is being run out of the White House and the prime minister’s office,” Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, had said.
The US Secretary who arrived here after a visit to Uzbekistan in Central Asia will also is also set to attend a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Quad on Friday.
Blinken is scheduled to also participate in the Raisina Dialogue during his New Delhi visit.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, France’s Catherine Colonna, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Germany’s Annalena Baerbock and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly are among those attending the G20 FMM.
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