Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Wednesday spoke to US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman specializing in methods to additional strengthen the strategic partnership between the 2 nations, together with within the Indo-Pacific.
The telephonic dialog got here a day forward of the second international digital summit on Covid-19 being hosted by US President Joe Biden, which might be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Pleasure to connect with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman @DeputySecState. We agreed to continue our engagement towards strengthening the India-US strategic partnership,” Kwatra tweeted.
Pleasure to attach with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman @DeputySecState, We agreed to proceed our engagement in direction of strengthening the India-US strategic partnership.@MEAIndia https://t.co/OqT9nQXrhM
— Amb Vinay Mohan Kwatra (@AmbVMKwatra) May 11, 2022
On her half, Sherman mentioned that the power of the US-India partnership was reaffirmed and talked about the shared dedication to a affluent, free and open Indo-Pacific.
“Great talking with India’s new Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra to want him nicely in his new position. We reaffirmed the power of the #USIndia partnership and our shared dedication to a affluent, free, and open Indo-Pacific,” she mentioned in a tweet.
Kwatra took cost as India’s new overseas secretary on May 1. A 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, he succeeded Harsh Vardhan Shringla who retired from the service.
Kwatra was serving as India’s envoy to Nepal earlier than assuming the cost of the overseas secretary. He is understood to have in depth experience in coping with India’s neighborhood in addition to the US, China and Europe. Before his diplomatic posting to Nepal in 2020, he served because the Ambassador of India to France from August 2017 to February 2020.
He took cost because the overseas secretary at a time India is coping with numerous geopolitical developments together with the Ukraine battle, the extreme financial disaster in Sri Lanka and state of affairs in Afghanistan and developments within the Indo-Pacific.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
