Washington: US President Joe Biden is likely to visit India in September later this year as his administration’s point person for South and Central Asia claimed the year to be a “big year” for the India-US relationship.
While speaking with PTI, Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, said that India’s leadership in the G20 is set to broaden its capacity to stand as a force for good in the world.
He said “This is gonna be a big year. Of course, India is hosting the G-20. This year, the United States is hosting APEC. Japan is hosting the G7. We have lots of our QUAD members who are taking on leadership roles. And it provides opportunities for all of us to bring our countries closer together,”.
Highlighting India’s Presidency and US President Joe Biden’s travel, he said “I know our President is looking forward to traveling to India in September. That will be his first trip to India as part of the G-20 Leaders Summit. We’re really excited about what’s to come in the next few months,”.
Talking about the past few months of the year, he said both nations saw “a number of really exciting things,” like the visit of Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to India. The India-US Forum in Delhi was attended by several senior administration officials.
(With Agency Inputs)
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