United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and India from 28 February to 3 March, the US State Department said on Thursday, adding that he will travel to New Delhi on 1 March to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting.
During his visit to India, Blinken will hold a meeting with officials of the Union government and the civil society to reaffirm the strong partnership between the two nations. India assumed the G20 Presidency
on 1 December.
“On March 1, he will travel to New Delhi to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which will focus on strengthening multilateralism and deepening cooperation on food and energy security, sustainable development, counter-narcotics, global health, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and gender equality and women’s empowerment,” the US State Department said in a statement.
Before leaving for India on 28 February, Blinken will travel to Astana, Kazakhstan, where he will meet with senior Kazakh officials to improve bilateral relationships between the US and Kazakhstan. Also, he will participate in a ministerial conference of the C5+1, which will have delegates from each of the five Central Asian countries. The United States, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan will strengthen their economic, energy, and security cooperation at the C5+1 Ministerial, according to a statement from the US State Department.