EAM Jaishankar meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, discusses trade, security

External affairs minister Marco Rubio with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on July 1 met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington and discussed the bilateral partnership between the two countries, including on trade, security and critical technologies.

India's foreign minister is on a visit to the US at the invitation of Rubio from June 30 to July 2. He also attended the Quad foreign minister's meeting in Washington.

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"A pleasure meeting US @SecRubio this afternoon, on the sidelines of Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting," Jaishankar said on X.

The two leaders discussed India-US bilateral partnership including trade, security, critical technologies, connectivity, energy and mobility, and "shared perspectives on regional and global developments", EAM said.

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Jaishankar also met with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth during which they discussed advancing the defence partnership between the two countries.

Great to meet @SecDef Pete Hegseth in Washington DC today.

Had a productive conversation on advancing the 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 defence partnership, building on growing convergences of interests, capabilities and responsibilities.

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— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) July 1, 2025

"Great to meet @SecDef Pete Hegseth in Washington DC today. Had a productive conversation on advancing the India-US defence partnership, building on growing convergences of interests, capabilities and responsibilities," he said in another X post.

With PTI inputs