After assembly US secretary of state Marco Rubio, exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar mentioned he has raised India’s considerations over extended visa delays, including that these delays influence enterprise, tourism, and the general relationship.
“When it got here to numerous rules and processes, I additionally flagged some considerations that are very widespread in India about delays in visas. And you recognize the connection will not be well-served if it takes that many days for peole to get a visa. Finally these visa delays do influence enterprise, they do have an effect on tourism… They in some ways constrain the folks to folks interplay, which is the inspiration of our relationship,” mentioned Jaishankar throughout a briefing on his assembly with Rubio.
‘Particular envoy of PM Modi’: Jaishankar’s response to front-row seat at Trump’s inauguration
The exterior affairs minister, when requested concerning the front-row seat he was given through the inauguration of Donald Trump because the forty seventh President of the USA on January 29, replied, “The particular envoy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is of course handled with nice respect.”
On the invitation of the US authorities, 70-year-old Jaishankar represented India on the inauguration ceremony.
Over the course of his three-day go to, the minister engaged with numerous key figures, assembly with a number of members of the Trump administration’s cupboard.
Aside from assembly secretary of state Marco Rubio, he additionally held discussions with nationwide safety advisor Mike Waltz and attended the inaugural Quad ministerial assembly with counterparts from Australia, Japan, and the US.
Trump administration was eager to have India at inauguration: Jaishankar
Jaishankar mentioned that there’s clear curiosity in advancing the connection with the US, mentioning the Prime Minister’s early name with President Trump and his personal earlier go to to make preliminary contact with the NSA.
He added that the Trump administration was eager to have India current on the inauguration, underscoring the prioritisation of the bilateral relationship.
“Clearly there may be an curiosity in taking the connection ahead. Now the precise mechanics of it, as and when now we have one thing to let you know we would be blissful to share with you. However I do remind you that the prime minister had a really early telephone name with President Trump and that I had come final month and made the preliminary contact with the NSA. So, it ought to offer you a course during which the connection goes,” Jaishankar mentioned,
“I might say, one, it was very clear that the Trump administration was eager to have India current on the inaugural itself and so they’re clearly prioritising the bilateral relationship,” the exterior affairs minister added.
With PTI inputs
