Forward of Trump’s inauguration, Jaishankar leaves for US on 6-day tour tomorrow

Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will likely be on a six-day go to to the USA from December 24 to debate bilateral, regional and international points together with his counterparts and likewise chair a convention of the Consul Generals of India within the US, stated the Ministry of Exterior Affairs on Monday.

Jaishankar’s go to would be the first high-level go to from India to the US after Donald Trump received the presidential election. It comes forward of the President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

“Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will go to the USA of America from December 24-29,” the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated.

“He will likely be assembly counterparts to debate key bilateral, regional and international points,” it stated in a short assertion.

Jaishankar’s final go to to the US coincided with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s journey to attend the Quad Leaders’ Summit, the place he joined President Joe Biden, Australian PM Anthony Albanese, and former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Throughout the go to, PM Modi was warmly acquired by Biden at his private residence in Wilmington, Delaware.

Final week, Donald Trump hinted in the direction of a extra stringent commerce stance in the direction of India, stating that his upcoming administration to resort to tit-for-tat strategy. “In the event that they tax us, we tax them the identical quantity,” he stated.

“The phrase reciprocal is vital as a result of if anyone fees us – India, we don’t have to speak about our personal – if India fees us 100 per cent, can we cost them nothing for a similar? , they ship in a bicycle, and we ship them a bicycle. They cost us 100 and 200. India fees lots. Brazil fees lots. In the event that they wish to cost us, that’s fantastic, however we’re going to cost them the identical factor,” Trump added.