Foreign Secretary In US To Follow Up On PM Modi's Visit, Strengthen COMPACT Framework

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Last Updated:May 26, 2025, 22:27 IST

The three-day sojourn volition absorption connected deepening military, commercialized and exertion practice betwixt India and the United States.

Misri is expected to clasp cardinal meetings with elder US officials to travel up connected strategical agreements made earlier this year. (IMAGE: PTI)

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri volition beryllium connected a three-day sojourn to the United States starting Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced connected Monday. The MEA stated that Misri volition beryllium visiting Washington to conscionable with elder officials of the US Administration. “The sojourn is simply a travel up to Prime Minister’s sojourn to the United States successful February 2025, erstwhile some sides had launched the India-US COMPACT (Catalysing Opportunities for Military Partnership, Accelerated Commerce and Technology) for the 21st Century," work a connection issued by the MEA. Sources accidental that Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) Pavan Kapoor could besides beryllium accompanying Foreign Secretary connected the US sojourn which comes successful the backdrop of US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that his medication brokered the ceasefire betwixt India and Pakistan earlier this month. India has maintained that the knowing was reached aft Pakistan’s hopeless attempts to question an extremity to hostilities successful airy of Indian forces pounding its aerial bases during Operation Sindoor. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar had besides reiterated past week that not conscionable the US, but galore countries had reached retired to India betwixt May 7-10. In an interrogation with Netherlands-based NOS, the EAM stated that the cessation of firing and subject enactment was negotiated straight betwixt India and Pakistan, and the ceasefire knowing was reached aft the adversary federation made the “first move". He added that it is earthy for different countries to acceptable up connection channels with nations engaged successful subject conflict. “US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to maine portion US Vice President JD Vance spoke to PM Modi," the EAM said. Trump has besides said that India has offered to participate a bilateral commercialized woody with the US which “basically" proposes that “no tariffs" would beryllium levied connected a scope of American goods. “They are offering america a woody wherever fundamentally they are consenting to virtually complaint america nary tariffs," Trump said successful Qatar’s superior Doha, earlier this month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his sojourn to Washington successful February this year, had held talks with Trump connected negotiating the archetypal tranche of a mutually beneficial, multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement by the autumn of 2025. Meanwhile, an eight-member, all-party delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is besides acceptable to sojourn the United States aft winding up its ongoing sojourn to Guyana, Panama, Colombia, and Brazil to transportation distant India’s beardown connection of zero-tolerance against terrorism. The Indian delegation, which visited New York en way to Guyana, volition beryllium returning to the US for meetings with leaders, lawmakers and opinion-makers.

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