WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday the United States and India are united in trying to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic together and Washington wants to make sure it takes action to help India with its coronavirus crisis.
US President Joe Biden in April ordered American troops withdrawn from Afghanistan by Sep 1, embracing a risk that Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency could topple the US-backed government in Kabul. Blinken and Jaishankar also discussed the February military coup in Myanmar, another of India's neighbours.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has faced mounting criticism for its failure to secure COVID-19 vaccines for its people. Indian officials have said Jaishankar has been seeking supplies while in the United States.. Its insistence on local trials and a dispute over indemnity stalled discussions with US firm Pfizer. India scrapped local trials for"well-established" foreign vaccines on Thursday and a government official said Pfizer shots could arrive by July.
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