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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson may visit India in October
4:08 CAT | 15 Oct 2017
File photo / While India is satisfied with the Trump administration's policy on Pakistan, Tillerson may visit Pakistan while he is in South Asia, according to some reports
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to visit India this month on his maiden trip here close on heels of his colleague & Defence Secretary James Mattis trip to expand bilateral strategic partnership in Afghanistan and Indo-Pacific region.
Tillerson will be here ahead of President Donald Trump’s East Asia & SE Asia visit and his daughter Ivanka Trump’s trip to India for Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Tillerson’s trip is under planning process, informed a person familiar with the matter.
Tillerson and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj held their first meeting in New York last month. Besides they were also part of trilateral meeting with Japan in New York on sidelines of UNGA.
While India is satisfied with the Trump administration’s policy on Pakistan, Tillerson may visit Pakistan while he is in South Asia, according to some reports.
Trump’s visit will give an opportunity to both sides to discuss roadmap picking up from PM Narendra Modi’s trip to USA in June.
Trump on August 22 unveiled his new policy for South Asia. He criticized Pakistan’s policy of providing “safe havens to terrorist organisations” operating in Afghanistan. He also called for greater role of India in Afghanistan, thus making Pakistan’s Government and its all-powerful Army jittery.
Source: The Economic Times
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