External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar To Visit US From December 24-29 ; Discussions On Bilateral , Regional, Global Issues On The Agenda

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit the US from December 24-29 to discuss key bilateral, regional and global issues. He will also chair a conference of the Consul Generals of India in the US.

It will be the first high level visit after Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential Election defeating Kamala Harris in bitterly fought election. President-Elect Donald Trump will take oath on January 20, 2025 .

In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, “He will be meeting counterparts to discuss key bilateral, regional and global issues. During the visit, EAM will also chair a conference of the Consul Generals of India in the USA.”

Earlier on December 19, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, highlighted the potential of the US-India partnership, emphasising the need to lower tariffs and increase trade and make it more fair and equal.

While addressing an event organised on Thursday by the US-India Business Council (USIBC), Garcetti said, “We need, together, to lower tariffs, not to see them go up. We need, together, to increase trade and to make it more fair and equal. We need to, together, make sure that there’s training and talent that meets the needs of companies on both sides of the Indo-Pacific.”

He further said, “We have to protect our trademarks and our intellectual property, and we have to make sure that transportation and infrastructure exists, for India to reach its goals more quickly, that is in the American interest, and vice versa, in the Indian interest as well. So let us renew our commitment to being more ambitious, to not settling for what is, and what is good, but reaching for what can be and what will be great.”