US Secretary of State Antony Blinken started his first official visit to india on Wednesday. He highlighted that the two nations’ have close ties but at the same noted that the democracies were “works in progress”. Blinken was making a guarded reference about the issue of discrimination against minorities in india and U.S as well.

Blinken will be meeting Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, his indian counterpart along with India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and prime minister Narendra Modi. Covid-19, India’s border tensions with china, and the  Afghanistan security crisis, which is triggered by impending final US troop withdrawal are likely to be high on his agenda.

Referring to “rising global threats to democracy,” Blinken during a meeting in delhi with civil society leaders said “The india the America believe  in the rule of law, in equality of opportunity, freedom”. He noted that it was vital that the world’s two leading democracies, should continue to stand together to support these ideals.”

Blinken’s trip comes as U.S government vows to challenge China’s aggression while countries of South and Southeast Asia battle a  rise in Covid-19 amid sluggish vaccination roll-outs. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is also present in Asia with the message that the U.S is committed to engagement in the region, with stressing that china poses a common challenge to America and its partners.

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Democracies are 'works in progress': Blinken on first trip to India

Shaik Abdul Sammad

28/07/2021 02:54 PM