External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar has concluded a two-day conference of the team at the Indian Embassy in the US and Consuls General and "expressed confidence in the deliberations and noted that they would plummet the India-US partnership".
EAM Jaishankar wrote on Friday on X, "Concluded a very useful two-day conference of team @IndianEmbassyUS and our Consuls General in Washington DC today. Confident from the deliberations that the continuous growth of the India-US partnership will be accelerated."
According to a press release by the Ministry of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar is to visit the US from 24-29 December.
EAM Jaishankar met with the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan on Thursday in Washington, DC.
He said that wide-ranging discussions were held with the two leaders on progress in the India-US strategic partnership and exchanged views regarding current regional and global developments.
Jaishankar also met his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington, DC on Thursday.
The two leaders reviewed the progress of the India-US partnership over the last four years and agreed that cooperation has strengthened in many sectors.
EAM Jaishankar expressed confidence that ties between India and the US will serve mutual interests and global good.
EAM Jaishankar, during his visit, met India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Kwatra and Consul Generals based in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston and Atlanta.
The officials discussed opportunities for deepening India-US partnership focusing on technology, trade and investments.
The visit by the EAM comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the US earlier in September and participated in the fourth Quad Leaders' Summit in Wilmington, Delaware.
High-level interactions between the US and India have been frequent.
Earlier on Tuesday, senior diplomats from India and the US, including Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma, highlighted the strengthening of bilateral ties between the two countries.
India-US bilateral relations have developed into a "global strategic partnership," based on shared democratic values and increasing convergence of interests on bilateral, regional and global issues.
The regular exchange of high-level political visits has given added momentum to bilateral cooperation over time. The broad-based and constantly expanding architecture of dialogue has established a sustainable framework for India-US interaction.
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