The United States Department’s Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel, termed India an invaluable partner. He said that the Secretary of State Antony Blinken shares good relations with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and they are in a good touch.
Patel said while responding to a question on having good relations with India like other countries, “Absolutely. The Secretary had the opportunity to host External Affairs Minister Jaishankar here at the State Department a number of weeks ago, where they had the opportunity to speak to you all.
He also had the opportunity to have a bilateral engagement with him on the margins of the ASEAN Summit. India is an invaluable partner, not just in the region but as it relates to a lot of the United States’s shared priorities across the world. And the Secretary and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar remain in close touch as they need to.”
Earlier, Jaishankar met Blinken at the 17th East Asia Summit where he was accompanied by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar.
“A good meeting with U.S. Secretary of State @SecBlinken. Discussed Ukraine, Indo-Pacific, energy, G20 and bilateral relations,” EAM Jaishankar said in a tweet.
As he met with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Cambodia on the margins of the ASEAN Summit, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted that the United States supports India’s G-20 presidency. The meeting was discussed in length and by both of the leaders in tweets.
“I met Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar on the margins of the @ASEAN summit today in Phnom Penh to discuss ongoing efforts to expand our partnership & mitigate the effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The U.S. supports India’s #G20 Presidency” he tweeted.