US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will come to India on March 1, will attend the G20 meeting

Posted on 24th Feb 2023 by rohit kumar

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India next week to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting. During this, he will meet senior Indian officials. India took over the presidency of the G20 on 1 December last year.

 

Many issues will be discussed

On March 1, State Department spokesman Ned Price said, “On March 1, Blinken will travel to New Delhi to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which seeks to strengthen multilateralism and promote food and energy security, sustainable development, gender equality, Will focus on deepening cooperation on women's empowerment, anti-drugs, global health, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief.

 

"He (Blinken) will meet with Indian government officials and civil society to reaffirm our strong partnership," Price said.

 

Blinken will be in India till March 3

The US Secretary of State will be in India till March 3. Blinken will reach India after he visits two Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan - starting on February 28. On 28 February he will visit Astana, Kazakhstan, where he will meet senior officials of Kazakhstan to deepen bilateral cooperation.

 

Next, he will join the C5 with representatives from each of the five Central Asian states to reaffirm the United States' commitment to the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Central Asian countries and to cooperate with the region on solutions to shared global challenges. +1 Will attend the ministerial. The C5+1 ministerial dialogue will focus on enhancing economic, energy and environmental, and security cooperation among the United States, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

 

"Blinken will then travel to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where he will meet with Uzbek officials to advance our partnership on bilateral and regional issues," Price said.

 

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