EAM S Jaishankar meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on sidelines of G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting

The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre and nearly 40 delegations are expected to participate. This will be the second ministerial meeting being held under India’s presidency so far.

NewsBharati    02-Mar-2023 14:47:11 PM
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New Delhi, March 02: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his US counterpart Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting on Thursday.
 

“Pleased to meet US Secretary of State @SecBlinkenon #G20FMM sidelines. Opportunity to review bilateral ties and discuss global issues,” tweeted External affairs minister S Jaishankar.
Jaishankar  

During his visit, Blinken will also participate in the Raisina Dialogue.

“Welcome to India, FM Sameh Shoukry of Egypt @MfaEgypt, FM @ABZayed of UAE @MoFAICUAE and @SecBlinken of USA @StateDept. Looking forward to deliberations at the #G20FMM. @SecBlinken & FM Shoukry will also participate in #Raisina2023,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a tweet.
 

The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre and nearly 40 delegations are expected to participate. This will be the second ministerial meeting being held under India’s presidency so far.
 
 
 
The first ministerial meeting – Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors – was held in Bengaluru. A US State Department official had said last week that Blinken will attend a bilateral meeting with Jaishankar on the sidelines of the G20 meeting.
 
“They will talk about our strategic partner partnership but really focus on how we’re working together in the Asian Quad, in the G20, what we’re doing on defence cooperation and the Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies that is being run out of the White House and the prime minister’s office,” Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, had said.
 
 
Blinken and Jaishankar will also meet with ministers from Australia and Japan. The four countries are part of Quad.
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