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NEW DELHI: US caput of authorities Marco Rubio volition telephone connected PM Narendra Modi connected Saturday, up of his bilateral gathering with counterpart S Jaishankar connected Sunday and the Quad overseas ministers' gathering connected Tuesday.
Rubio, who volition onshore successful Kolkata successful the morning, volition get successful Delhi aboriginal successful the day.The four-day sojourn to India, his archetypal since taking office, volition besides spot him travelling to Agra and Jaipur connected Monday.In an authoritative announcement, govt said successful keeping with the Quad imaginativeness for a escaped and unfastened Indo-Pacific, the overseas ministers' gathering would physique connected discussions held successful Washington successful July 2025. "They volition speech views connected advancing Quad practice crossed pri-ority areas, reappraisal advancement connected ongoing Quad initiatives, and bespeak connected caller developments successful the Indo-Pacific portion and different planetary issues of communal concern," it said.Australian and Japanese overseas ministers, Penny Wong and Toshimitsu Motegi, respectively, volition articulation Jaishankar and Rubio connected Tuesday. They volition besides person bilateral meetings with Jaishankar and telephone connected Modi.The gathering is expected to absorption connected securing and diversifying captious mineral proviso chains, aiming to trim dependence connected China.
