WASHINGTON, July 23 — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India next week, the State Department said today, in the top US diplomat’s first visit to the world’s largest democracy and an important US ally in Asia.The United States sees India as an important partner in efforts to stand up to China’s increasingly assertive behaviour.
Among the subjects on the agenda will be “Indo-Pacific engagement, shared regional security interests, shared democratic values, and addressing the climate crisis” as well as the response to the coronavirus pandemic, a statement said. The United States hosted a virtual summit of the Quad countries in March at which they agreed that Indian drugmaker Biological E Ltd would produce at least a billion coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of 2022, mainly for Southeast Asian and Pacific countries.
Washington sent raw materials for vaccines, medical equipment and protective gear to India after the spike.
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