“This is gonna be a big year. Of course, India is hosting the G20. This year, the US 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,” assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia Donald Lu said in an interview on Thursday.
“That will be his (Biden’s) first trip to India as part of the G20 leaders summit. We’re really excited about what’s to come in the next few months,” he said. “We’re only a little over three months into this new year. And we’ve had a number of really exciting things that happened,” he said.
This includes 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 administration officials.
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India as the president of the G20 has been taking a lead in advancing a positive agenda.
“In March, Jaishankar hosted his Quad counterparts for a ministerial meeting and extraordinary public events at the Raisina Dialogue with all four foreign ministers together. It was the first such public discussion with Quad foreign ministers and really drove home how our four countries are coming together to support the people of the Indo-Pacific,” he said.
“And then lastly, this month, the arrival of our new Ambassador Eric Garcetti.
He has already received a really warm welcome from our Indian and American staff at the US Embassy. Once he presents his credentials, he is looking forward to meeting with the rest of India,” Lu said.
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“We have seen how the G20 brings together countries for collective action. This meeting in March was no exception,” he said.
“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,” assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia Donald Lu said in an interview on Thursday.