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External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar connected Sunday (May 24, 2026) outlined India’s five-point attack connected cardinal determination and planetary issues, stressing that New Delhi advocates dialog and diplomacy for struggle resolution, supports uninterrupted maritime commerce, and powerfully opposes the weaponisation of commercialized and resources.
Addressing a associated property briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio aft delegation-level talks held astatine Hyderabad House, Mr. Jaishankar said India and the United States proceed to support regular engagement and strategical coordination crossed a wide scope of sectors.
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“This is the Secretary’s archetypal sojourn to India, but ever since helium has assumed office, we person been successful regular touch. This has included occasions successful Washington, D.C., and New York, and besides connected the sidelines of different events, the astir caller 1 being successful France. We person had a continuous engagement which has facilitated our overseeing the broad-based and increasing practice betwixt our 2 nations,” Mr. Jaishankar said.
Highlighting the governmental knowing betwixt New Delhi and Washington, the External Affairs Minister said the India-U.S. strategical concern is built connected converging interests successful respective areas of communal importance.
“In presumption of the governmental knowing betwixt India and the US, we person a strategical concern which emanates from a convergence of nationalist interests successful galore areas,” helium stated.
New Delhi remains committed to diplomacy
Listing India’s wide presumption connected important determination and planetary matters, Mr. Jaishankar said New Delhi remains committed to diplomacy, lawful conduct, economical resilience, and trusted planetary partnerships.
“One, that we advocator dialog and diplomacy to code conflicts. Two, we enactment harmless and unimpeded maritime commerce. Three, we request scrupulous respect for planetary law. Fourth, we are against the weaponisation of marketplace shares and resources. And five, we judge successful the worth of trusted partnerships and resilient proviso chains to de-risk the planetary economy,” the External Affairs Minister said.
Mr. Jaishankar besides mentioned that Rubio had called connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday, during which the leaders discussed a scope of planetary and determination developments.
He said that during his ain gathering with Rubio, discussions were held connected developments successful West Asia, the Indian subcontinent and East Asia, on with deliberations related to his caller sojourn to the Caribbean region.
“Our talks contiguous implicit luncheon volition absorption connected the latest developments successful the Gulf. A fewer things person happened oregon look to beryllium happening overnight, and besides connected the Ukraine conflict. Indo-Pacific is besides connected the docket for the Quad meeting, which we volition beryllium doing connected May 26,” helium said.
On defence and strategical cooperation
On defence and strategical cooperation, Mr. Jaishankar referred to the precocious renewed 10-year large defence concern model statement betwixt India and the United States. He besides highlighted the signing of a broad underwater domain consciousness roadmap.
“We discussed the value of taking into relationship the ‘Make successful India’ attack and lessons drawn from caller conflicts portion going guardant successful the defence domain,” helium added.
Speaking connected economical cooperation, the External Affairs Minister said some countries discussed the value of aboriginal finalisation of the India-US interim commercialized agreement, which is expected to pave the mode for a larger bilateral commercialized pact.
“On the economical front, we spoke astir the worth of concluding astatine an aboriginal date, the last substance of the interim statement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade. This volition beryllium an important measurement towards a broad bilateral commercialized agreement, which was envisaged during Prime Minister Modi’s sojourn successful February 2025,” helium said.
The External Affairs Minister besides said vigor information and atomic practice figured prominently successful the talks betwixt the 2 sides.
“We spent immoderate clip contiguous discussing vigor issues, and again, you’re each alert that our government’s cardinal work is to code the needs of 1.4 cardinal people. Ensuring the accessibility and affordability of vigor for them is our premier objective. Secretary and I truthful invited the enlargement successful our vigor commercialized successful caller months. Diversified supplies are astatine the bosom of vigor information for India,” Mr. Jaishankar said.
He further noted that the transition of the Shanti Act had opened up caller opportunities successful atomic practice betwixt the 2 countries.
“We devoted immoderate clip to atomic vigor practice arsenic well. The transition of the Shanti Act has opened up caller possibilities. An American delegation was precocious successful India. We anticipation to realise the imaginable of practice successful the atomic domain. I besides raised with the Secretary immoderate regulatory issues that we person connected the American side,” helium added.
India-U.S. cooperating bilaterally successful Quad format, says Jaishankar
Mr. Jaishankar besides highlighted practice betwixt India and the United States successful emerging technologies, captious minerals and artificial intelligence.
“All of you cognize the value of captious minerals. Our 2 nations person been cooperating bilaterally successful the Quad format and besides arsenic a like-minded group. India joined the Pax Silica and is portion of the Forge initiative. The AI Impact Summit successful New Delhi successful February highlighted the tremendous imaginable of the India-US relationship. And we volition people beryllium encouraging our businesses dealing with AI,” helium said.
The External Affairs Minister besides underlined that India and the United States not lone stock communal interests but besides look respective communal challenges, with coercion remaining a large concern.
“Our presumption successful that respect is precise clear. It is 1 of zero tolerance. We admit the beardown practice betwixt the acrophobic agencies of our 2 countries successful this domain. I peculiarly recognised the extradition from the United States to India past twelvemonth of a cardinal planner of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Our 2 countries volition intensify practice bilaterally arsenic good arsenic successful applicable planetary forums. We volition proceed to collaborate intimately connected countering amerciable commercialized successful narcotics,” Mr. Jaishankar said.
India-U.S. relations person not mislaid momentum, says Rubio
Relations betwixt India and the U.S. person not mislaid momentum, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said connected Sunday aft holding high-level talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Mr. Rubio, who is presently successful New Delhi, said, “India-US relations person not mislaid momentum … India-U.S. relations volition travel retired overmuch stronger successful the coming years.” He further said the U.S. hopes that the long-pending commercialized woody betwixt the 2 countries volition beryllium sealed soon, adding that some sides are “strategically aligned” connected astir each cardinal planetary issues.
Announcement imaginable aboriginal connected Sunday
Mr. Rubio besides said an announcement was imaginable aboriginal connected Sunday (May 24, 2026) connected a woody with Iran that could formally extremity the West Asia war.
“I bash deliberation possibly determination is the anticipation that successful the adjacent fewer hours the satellite volition get immoderate bully news,” Mr. Rubio told reporters successful New Delhi.
Mr. Rubio, who is connected his archetypal sojourn to India, said the emerging woody would code U.S. concerns connected the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has mostly blocked successful effect to the U.S.-Israeli attack.
The statement would besides commencement a “process that tin yet permission america wherever the president wants america to be, and that is simply a satellite that nary longer has to fearfulness oregon interest astir an Iranian atomic weapon”, helium added.
His remarks came aft President Donald Trump said a connection that included opening the Strait of Hormuz had been “largely negotiated”.
