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“Will Never Forget”: US State Secretary On India’s Help During Covid


“We’re united in confronting COVID-19 collectively,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned.

Washington:

Overseas Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held wide-ranging talks together with his counterpart Antony Blinken and thanked the Biden administration for its “robust assist and solidarity” with India at a second of “nice issue” for the nation in combating the lethal COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr Jaishankar, who’s on an official journey to the US, is the primary Indian Cupboard minister to go to the nation since Joe Biden grew to become US President on January 20.

Mr Blinken mentioned within the early days of COVID-19, India was there for the US, one thing which the nation “will always remember”.

“Now we wish to ensure that we’re there for and with India,” he mentioned.

Addressing reporters right here on the State Division, Mr Jaishankar mentioned, “We have lots of points to debate. I feel our relationships have grown stronger over time and I am very assured that it will proceed to take action. I wish to specific our gratitude to the administration and US for robust assist and solidarity in the mean time of nice issue for us.”

Mr Blinken mentioned the US and India are working collectively on many essential challenges of “our time”.

“We’re united in confronting COVID-19 collectively,” he mentioned.

“The partnership between the US and India is significant, robust, and I feel it’s more and more productive,” Mr Blinken added.

Earlier within the day, Mr Jaishankar met US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin throughout which they mentioned additional growing strategic and defence partnership between the 2 international locations and exchanged views on “up to date safety challenges”.

“A heat assembly with US @SecDef Lloyd Austin. A complete dialog about additional growing our strategic and defence partnership,” he tweeted after the assembly, sharing {a photograph} of them collectively.

Mr Jaishankar additional mentioned they exchanged views on “up to date safety challenges”.

The 2 leaders are anticipated to have mentioned the scenario within the strategic Indo-Pacific area the place China has been more and more flexing its army muscular tissues.

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