US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will journey to India subsequent week to attend the assembly of G20 international ministers and meet senior Indian officers to reaffirm America’s robust partnership with the nation.
India has taken over the Presidency of the G20 on December 1, final 12 months.
On March 1, Blinken will journey to New Delhi to take part within the G20 Overseas Ministers’ Assembly, which can concentrate on strengthening multilateralism and deepening cooperation on meals and power safety, sustainable improvement, counter-narcotics, international well being, humanitarian help and catastrophe reduction, and gender equality and ladies’s empowerment, State Division Spokesperson Ned Worth stated on Thursday.
“He (Blinken) will meet with Indian authorities officers and civil society to reaffirm our robust partnership,” Worth stated.
The US Secretary of State can be in India until March 3.
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Blinken will attain India after his journey to 2 Central Asian nations – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan – starting February 28.
On February 28, he’ll go to Astana, Kazakhstan, the place he’ll meet with senior Kazakh officers to deepen bilateral cooperation.
He then will take part in a C5 1 Ministerial with representatives of every of the 5 Central Asian states, to reaffirm america’ dedication to the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Central Asian nations, and to collaborate with the area on options to shared international challenges, he stated.
The C5 1 Ministerial will concentrate on enhancing financial, power and environmental, and safety cooperation among the many United States, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The Secretary will meet individually on the margins of the C5 1 ministerial with senior authorities officers from the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan to debate alternatives for bilateral and multilateral cooperation and advance our shared objective of a affluent, safe, and democratic area.
“He’ll then journey to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the place he’ll meet with Uzbekistani officers to additional advance our partnership on a spread of bilateral and regional points,” Worth stated.