U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman to visit India on Oct. 6, 7

Series of bilateral meetings and civil society events on Wendy Sherman’s agenda

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit India on October 6 for a series of bilateral meetings and civil society events, the State Department has announced. She will also participate in the India Ideas Summit organised by the U.S. India Business Council.

Ms. Sherman, America’s second highest ranking diplomat, is scheduled to visit Mumbai on October 7 where she will hold meetings with the business community and civil society . Her visit comes days after Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the U.S.

She will then fly to Pakistan to meet officials in Islamabad, the State Department said. Ms. Sherman is the second highest ranking American diplomat and the highest State Department official to visit Pakistan in the Biden presidency.