Jaishankar meets US National Security Advisor Sullivan in Delhi, discusses bilateral, global issues
S Jaishankar held a meeting with United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in New Delhi on Monday and discussed various bilateral, regional and global issues.
Jaishankar expressed confidence that the strategic partnership between India and the US will continue to advance strongly in the near term.
In a post on X, Jaishankar stated, «Delighted to welcome US NSA @JakeSullivan46 in New Delhi today morning. A comprehensive discussion on a broad range of bilateral, regional and global issues. Confident that India-US strategic partnership will continue to advance strongly in our new term.»
Sullivan arrived in New Delhi for the second meeting of the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET).
It is the first visit of a senior US official after the Modi government came to power for the third term.
Sullivan was scheduled to visit India earlier in February but due to other pressing commitments in the US, the annual review meeting was rescheduled for June 17-18.
People familiar with the developments told that Sullivan, along with Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, and other top officials, will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. US NSA Sullivan is also scheduled to meet his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.
This meeting will be followed by a joint statement between the two nations underscoring the progress made and the importance of the iCET mechanism for the two countries. Sullivan and Doval are also expected to discuss the situation in West Asia during their bilateral talks.
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