Rubio expected to brief New Delhi on Xi-Trump summit during India trip

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting India for four days, beginning Saturday, to brief New Delhi on President Trump's recent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This visit comes at a time when the U.S.-India relationship is described as strained by transactional politics and strategic unease over recent U.S. actions. Rubio's trip, his first as Secretary of State, is expected to focus on damage control, particularly regarding India's exclusion from the high-level discussions between Trump and Xi. While the Indian Embassy in Washington views the trip as a "new chapter," the context suggests a need to address existing tensions and inform India about the outcomes of the summit.

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The Indian Embassy in Washington has hailed Rubio’s trip as a “new chapter” in bilateral ties.

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Donald Trump phoned Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to brief him on the Xi summit.

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Marco Rubio is expected to brief New Delhi on the Xi-Trump summit during his upcoming India trip.

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Policymakers in New Delhi anticipated an unprecedented alignment with the US after Rubio's confirmation as Secretary of State.

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Rubio's visit is expected to focus largely on damage control regarding recent US strategic moves.

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When Marco Rubio was confirmed as US Secretary of State last year, fireworks of optimism went off in New Delhi. Given his years as a senator championing a pro-India, staunchly anti-China posture, policymakers anticipated an unprecedented alignment.However, as Rubio arrives in India on Saturday for a four-day visit spanning Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi, he enters a relationship strained by transactional politics, structural deadlock and mounting strategic unease over Washington’s recent moves.While the Indian Embassy in Washington has hailed Rubio’s trip as a “new chapter” in bilateral ties, Rubio’s first visit to India as US President Donald Trump’s top diplomat and national security adviser is expected to focus largely on damage control.That includes briefing Indo Pacific partner New Delhi on Trump’s high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month, an event that left India rather prominently on the outside looking in.Immediately after concluding his talks with Xi on May 13-15, Trump phoned Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi from Air Force One to provide a direct, high-level briefing.

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