US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to have his first bilateral meeting with India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Washington. The meeting will occur after the QUAD ministerial at the State Department headquarters. This is part of Jaishankar's visit for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States.
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