- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
US secretary of state Antony Blinken is set to travel to India on March 1 to participate in the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, the US state department said on Thursday (23). His visit will be part of his trip to three Asian nations that include Kazakhstan and besides India, the department added.
During his visit to India, Blinken will hold a meeting with officials of the Narendra Modi government and the civil society to reaffirm the strong partnership between the two nations.
India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 last year.
“On March 1, he will travel to New Delhi to participate in the G20 foreign ministers’ Meeting, which will focus on strengthening multilateralism and deepening cooperation on food and energy security, sustainable development, counter-narcotics, global health, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and gender equality and women’s empowerment,” the US state department said in a statement.
It added, “He will meet with Indian government officials and civil society to reaffirm our strong partnership.”
Before travelling to India, Blinken will visit Kazakhstan’s Astana on February 28, where he will meet with senior Kazakh officials to deepen bilateral cooperation between US and Kazakhstan. He will also participate in a C5+1 Ministerial meeting with representatives of each of the five Central Asian states.
The C5+1 Ministerial will focus on bolstering economic, energy and environmental, and security cooperation among the US, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the US state department said in its statement.
“On February 28, he will visit Astana, Kazakhstan, where he will meet with senior Kazakh officials to deepen our bilateral cooperation,” department said.
It added, “He then will participate in a C5+1 Ministerial with representatives of 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 collaborate with the region on solutions to shared global challenges.”
On the margins of the C5+1 Ministerial, Blinken will meet senior government officials from the Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan to discuss opportunities for bilateral cooperation.
After his visit to Uzbekistan, Antony Blinken will travel to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where he will meet Uzbek officials to further advance ties between the two nations on bilateral and regional issues.
(ANI)
