EAM Jaishankar meets US NSA; discusses vaccine partnership, Indo-Pacific, climate change

S Jaishankar, the first Indian Cabinet minister to visit the United States under the Biden administration, met US NSA Jake Sullivan on Thursday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during which they held wide-ranging discussions and agreed that people-to-people ties and shared values are the foundation of the US-India strategic partnership that is helping to end the pandemic, supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific and providing global leadership on climate change. Pleased to meet NSA @JakeSullivan46. Wide-ranging discussions including on Indo-Pacific and Afghanistan.Conveyed appreciation for US solidarity in addressing the Covid challenge. India-US vaccine partnership can make a real difference. pic.twitter.com/XlbXtGiYXU Jaishankar, the first Indian Cabinet minister to visit the United States under the Biden administration, met Sullivan on Thursday. "Pleased to meet NSA Jake Sullivan. Wide-ranging discussions include the Indo-Pacific and Afghanistan. Conveyed appreciation for US solidarity in addressing the Covid challenge. The India-US vaccine partnership can make a real difference," Jaishankar said in a tweet after the meeting.