{"id":6806,"date":"2026-05-21T12:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6806"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:16:49","slug":"us-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-will-visit-india-from-may-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6806","title":{"rendered":"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India from 23 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Washington, May 20, 2026 &#8211; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India from May 23 to 26 for his first official trip to the country, with ministerial-level Quad meetings and several high-level engagements scheduled in New Delhi. The visit is expected to focus on strengthening India-US cooperation in trade, defence, energy security and Indo-Pacific strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">According to the US State Department, Rubio will travel to Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi, where he is expected to meet senior Indian leaders and officials. India will also host the Quad foreign ministers\u2019 meeting involving the United States, India, Japan and Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The Quad talks are expected to discuss regional security, supply-chain resilience, critical minerals and ongoing geopolitical developments, including tensions in West Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is expected to chair the meeting, with participation from Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The US Embassy in India said it looks forward to welcoming Rubio for \u201cministerial Quad meetings, high level engagements, and celebrating 250 years of America,\u201d highlighting the growing strategic partnership between Washington and New Delhi.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260521_030731_050.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, May 20, 2026 &#8211; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India from May 23 to 26 for his first official trip to the country, with ministerial-level Quad meetings and several high-level engagements scheduled in New Delhi. The visit is expected to focus on strengthening India-US cooperation in trade, defence, energy security and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/download.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6806"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6809,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions\/6809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}