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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met influential American lawmakers from each the Democratic and Republican events on Thursday and mentioned developments pertaining to Quad and the cooperation on vaccines with them.
“Discussed developments pertaining to Quad and our cooperation on vaccines. Recognise their leadership in building stronger ties,” Jaishankar mentioned after his assembly with Congressman Gregory Meeks, who’s the chairman of the highly effective House Foreign Affairs Committee, together with its rating member, Congressman Michael McCaul.
The minister additionally had a “good conversation” with the co-chairs of the House India Caucus, Congressman Brad Sherman from the Democratic Party and Congressman Steve Chabot from the Republican Party.
“The US Congress has been a tremendous pillar of support as India meets the Covid challenge,” Jaishankar tweeted.
All the 4 US lawmakers have been sturdy advocates of the India-US relationship.
In a tweet, Sherman mentioned he discovered how India is preventing COVID-19 and dealing to disentangle its financial system from China.
A day earlier, after introducing the Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement (EAGLE) Act, Congressman Meeks appreciated the Biden administration’s initiative in direction of India.
“Secretaries Blinken and Austin’s trips to Japan and Korea, and Secretary Austin’s separate trip to India, so early in the new administration, reinforced America’s role as a Pacific power, and signalled to China and the world that the United States is back in the arena with our allies and partners alongside us,” he mentioned.