Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar After Their Meeting

You are subscribed to Collected Releases for U.S. Department of State. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar After Their Meeting 05/03/2021 04:13 PM EDT Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State London, United Kingdom Grosvenor House Hotel EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER JAISHANKAR:  So let me just say I had a very good meeting with Secretary Blinken.  And among the many subjects we discussed was first and foremost the strong support we are getting from the United States on dealing with the COVID situation.  We are very, very appreciative of that. We also discussed how our collaboration could help globally in expanding vaccination capabilities.  Other than that, there's a lot of other issues, but (inaudible). SECRETARY BLINKEN:  And just to say first how wonderful it is to see my friend and colleague of many years, Foreign Minister Jaishankar.  We remember so well when India came to our assistance in the early days of COVID in a very important and powerful way, and we are joined in this fight together and determined to do everything we can to help, and then for our two countries to continue to work even more closely together to help deal with what is a truly global challenge.  And we had some very good discussions about that – about that today, and as the minister said, about a number of other issues. Thank you.  Great to see you.  Thank you very much. Stay connected with the State Department: External links found in this content or on Department of State websites that go to other non-Department websites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.    Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This email was sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. Department of State · 2201 C Street NW · Washington, DC 20520