US’s Antony Blinken in India: Afghanistan, Covid, economic recovery on agenda | Latest News India
The situation in Afghanistan, the Covid-19 response and economic recovery and engagements in the Indo-Pacific are set to dominate US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s meetings with the top Indian leadership on Wednesday.
Blinken, the third senior member of the Biden administration to visit India this year, arrived in the Capital on Tuesday night. He formally began the visit with a civil society roundtable on Wednesday morning.
The secretary of state will kick off his official engagements with a meeting with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. This will be followed by a meet and greet with the staff of the US embassy.
The main engagement for the day will be a meeting between Blinken and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, who will host a working lunch for the secretary of state. The two ministers will participate in a joint press interaction before Blinken meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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