Jaishankar holds bilateral talks with US counterpart Rubio, NSA Mike Waltz after Quad ministerial

In little than an hr aft entering the Foggy Bottom office of the State Department arsenic the caput of state, Rubio, 53, held his archetypal multilateral with his Quad counterparts Jaishankar, Penny Wong from Australia and Japan’s Iwaya Takeshi.

The 4 leaders posed for a radical representation astatine the State Department towards the extremity of the hour-long meeting. However, they did not instrumentality immoderate questions. A readout of the gathering is expected later.

The gathering was to reaffirm the value of moving with allies crossed the satellite connected things that are important to America and Americans, Rubio told NBC News earlier successful the day.

Attended a productive Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting contiguous successful Washington DC. Thank @secrubio for hosting america and FMs @SenatorWong & Takeshi Iwaya for their participation.

Significant that the Quad FMM took spot wrong hours of the inauguration of the Trump Administration. This… pic.twitter.com/uGa4rjg1Bw

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) January 21, 2025

“Attended a productive Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting contiguous successful Washington DC. Thank @secrubio for hosting america and FMs @SenatorWong and Takeshi Iwaya for their participation,” Jaishankar posted connected X aft the ministerial.

He added, “Significant that the Quad FMM took spot wrong hours of the inauguration of the Trump administration. This underlines the precedence it has successful the overseas argumentation of its subordinate states. Our wide-ranging discussions addressed antithetic dimensions of ensuring a free, open, unchangeable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

“Agreed connected the value of reasoning bigger, deepening the docket and intensifying our collaboration. The gathering contiguous sends a wide connection that successful an uncertain and volatile world, the Quad volition proceed to beryllium a unit for planetary good.”

Soon aft the Quad ministerial, Rubio had his archetypal bilateral with Jaishankar, which lasted for much than an hour. India’s Ambassador to the US, Vinay Kwatra, was besides contiguous successful the meeting.

Rubio and Jaishankar appeared earlier a pooled property for a photograph league aft the meeting, shaking hands and smiling astatine the cameras.

Delighted to conscionable @secrubio for his archetypal bilateral gathering aft presumption of bureau arsenic Secretary of State.

Reviewed our extended bilateral partnership, of which @secrubio has been a beardown advocate.

Also exchanged views connected a wide scope of determination and planetary issues.

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— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) January 21, 2025

“Delighted to conscionable @secrubio for his archetypal bilateral gathering aft presumption of bureau arsenic Secretary of State. Reviewed our extended bilateral partnership, of which @secrubio has been a beardown advocate.

“Also exchanged views connected a wide scope of determination and planetary issues. Look guardant to intimately moving with him to beforehand our strategical cooperation,” Jaishankar said successful a station connected X.

Jaishankar, 70, who is present astatine the invitation of the US authorities to be the statesmanlike inauguration, besides had a gathering with the US National Security Advisor (NSA) Mike Waltz astatine the White House.

“Great to conscionable NSA @michaelgwaltz again this afternoon. Discussed strengthening our relationship to guarantee communal payment and heighten planetary stableness and prosperity. Looking guardant to moving unneurotic connected an progressive and result oriented agenda,” the outer affairs curate said connected X aft the meeting.