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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said connected Thursday (May 21, 2026) that the U.S. was successful talks with India to grow vigor cooperation, an contented that would diagnostic successful his discussions during a sojourn to New Delhi.
“Well, we privation to merchantability them arsenic overmuch vigor arsenic they'll buy. And obviously, you've seen I deliberation we're astatine historical levels of U.S. production, and U.S. export,” Mr. Rubio told reporters successful Miami arsenic helium embarked connected the travel to Sweden and India.
Mr. Rubio volition beryllium successful India from May 23-26 and volition sojourn Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi.
“We privation to beryllium capable to bash more. We were already successful talks with them to bash more. We privation them to beryllium a bigger portion of their portfolio. We besides deliberation determination are opportunities with Venezuelan oil,” Mr. Rubio said.
He was responding to a question astir India being affected by precocious vigor prices owed to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr. Rubio described India arsenic a “great partner” and said his sojourn to New Delhi was important arsenic it would besides let him to conscionable with ministers from the Quad nations.
“They are a large ally, a large partner. We bash a batch of bully enactment with them. And truthful it is an important trip. I'm gladsome we're capable to bash it due to the fact that I deliberation there'll beryllium a batch for america to speech about,” Mr. Rubio said.
“We'll besides conscionable with Quad there, which is important. I deliberation my archetypal gathering arsenic Secretary of State was with the Quad. I'm gladsome we tin bash it present successful India and we're going to bash 1 aboriginal successful the twelvemonth arsenic well,” Mr. Rubio said.
Mr. Rubio said the acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, was besides scheduled to sojourn India adjacent week, and determination volition beryllium galore opportunities to enactment with New Delhi.
“In fact, it's my knowing that the interim president of Venezuela volition beryllium travelling to India adjacent week arsenic well. So, there's opportunities. There's a batch to enactment connected with India,” helium said.
