Blinken said that he, along with his Indian counterparts, discussed the crisis in the Middle East and that the US "appreciated the fact that, from day one, India strongly condemned the attacks of October 7th".
American diplomats in the Arab world have given stark warnings to the Biden administration about growing fury in the region over Washington's stand in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, CNN reported citing a diplomatic cable obtained.
India and the United States are promoting a free, open and secure Indo-Pacific by strengthening the partnership through QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) with Japan and Australia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar along with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken posed for a family photo.
As the fifth India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue begins in New Delhi, the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described the partnership between the two countries as "strongest ever."
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that the only way to ensure that this crisis never happens again is to begin setting the conditions for durable peace and security and to frame diplomatic efforts.
Left parties have called for protests against US "imperialism" between November 7 and 10, when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would be coming to India to attend the 2+2 Ministerial dialogue with Indian Defense and External Affairs Ministers.
Hours after an unannounced stop in Iraq, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey in the early hours of Monday (local time) to hold a key diplomatic meeting, CNN reported.