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NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Saturday held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful New Delhi deepening India-US strategical ties crossed defence, trade, exertion and the Indo-Pacific.Rubio, who is connected a four-day sojourn to India, is scheduled to conscionable outer affairs curate S. Jaishankar connected Sunday and be the Quad overseas ministers’ gathering connected Tuesday.
US ambassador to India Sergio Gor successful a station connected x wrote, "Great to articulation Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a gathering with Prime Minister Narendra Modi . We had a productive treatment connected ways to deepen U.S.-India practice crossed security, trade, and captious technologies - areas that fortify some our nations and beforehand a escaped and unfastened Indo-Pacific. India is simply a captious spouse to the United States!"The US Secretary of State’s gathering with Modi came hours aft helium arrived successful Kolkata earlier successful the day, marking the archetypal sojourn by a US Secretary of State to the metropolis successful much than a decade.
Rubio was accompanied by his woman Jeanette D. Rubio during the visit.Rubio and Jeanette D. Rubio, on with US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, visited The Mother Teresa House Of The Missionaries of Charity soon aft landing successful Kolkata, adding a humanitarian and symbolic magnitude to the diplomatic trip.Reflecting connected the visit, Gor said moments similar these item however the concern betwixt India and the United States is rooted not lone successful strategical cooperation, but besides successful “shared values and the tone of selfless work that transcends borders.”
Before departing for India connected Thursday, Rubio described India arsenic a “great partner” and said Washington wanted to grow vigor ties with New Delhi.Interacting with reporters successful Miami earlier leaving for Sweden and India, Rubio said the United States was prepared to summation vigor exports to India.“Well, we privation to merchantability them arsenic overmuch vigor arsenic they'll buy. And obviously, you've seen I deliberation we're astatine historical levels of US production, and US export,” Rubio told reporters.Rubio said the India travel would beryllium important for strengthening bilateral practice and would besides see meetings with ministers from Quad nations.“They are a large ally, a large partner. We bash a batch of bully enactment with them. And truthful it is an important trip. I'm gladsome we're capable to bash it due to the fact that I deliberation there'll beryllium a batch for america to speech about,” Rubio said.“We'll besides conscionable with Quad there, which is important. I deliberation my archetypal gathering arsenic Secretary of State was with the Quad. I'm gladsome we are capable to bash it present successful India and we're going to bash 1 aboriginal successful the twelvemonth arsenic well,” helium added.Rubio’s India sojourn comes astatine a clip erstwhile New Delhi and Washington are expanding practice successful cardinal areas including defence, trade, emerging technologies and determination information successful the Indo-Pacific.
