Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is planning a US visit this week to engage with key stakeholders as fissures emerge in ties over President Donald Trump's constant refrain over his role in "brokering" peace between India and Pakistan and linking it with trade.
Deputy NSA Pawan Kapoor is also scheduled to visit Washington this week amid Trump's decision to slash staff strength at the National Security Council (NSC) that may impact bilateral engagements with various capitals, including India, ET has learnt. This visit will give an opportunity to take forward the TRUST initiative which succeeded iCET put in place under the Biden administration.
Despite Trump's several references on his role in brokering peace between India and Pakistan, New Delhi has made it clear that the issue was handled bilaterally between India and Islamabad and there was no role of any third party in this. This will be the message that Misri will also convey when he meets his US stakeholders.
Ties that were set for bigger heights following the Summit between Trump and the Indian PM in February, now looks fragile. The Trump team's reported business deals with Pakistan, including in the crypto sector, has also cast a major shadow on Indo-US ties.
Misri's visit to the US is being organised following the Parliamentary delegation's trip to America to meet key stakeholders. During an interaction at the Consulate in New York, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday (local time) highlighted how India responded in a measured and calibrated manner towards terror bases and headquarters in Pakistan, following the Pahalgam terror attack. He gave a call for the world to come together to fight unitedly against terrorism.
Tharoor noted that the visit by members of the all-party delegation to the 9/11 Memorial was their first stop.
He said, "It was obviously a very moving moment for us, but it was also meant to send a very strong message that we are here in a city which is still bearing the scars of that savage terrorist attack in the wake of yet another terrorist attack in our own country".
Tharoor said, "We came both as a reminder that this is a shared problem, and also out of a spirit of solidarity with the victims... It's a global problem, it's a scourge and we must all fight it unitedly."
Tharoor said, "Our idea is very much to speak to a cross section of public and political opinion in each of the countries we're going to about the recent events which obviously trouble a number of people around the world."
Deputy NSA Pawan Kapoor is also scheduled to visit Washington this week amid Trump's decision to slash staff strength at the National Security Council (NSC) that may impact bilateral engagements with various capitals, including India, ET has learnt. This visit will give an opportunity to take forward the TRUST initiative which succeeded iCET put in place under the Biden administration.
Despite Trump's several references on his role in brokering peace between India and Pakistan, New Delhi has made it clear that the issue was handled bilaterally between India and Islamabad and there was no role of any third party in this. This will be the message that Misri will also convey when he meets his US stakeholders.
Ties that were set for bigger heights following the Summit between Trump and the Indian PM in February, now looks fragile. The Trump team's reported business deals with Pakistan, including in the crypto sector, has also cast a major shadow on Indo-US ties.
Misri's visit to the US is being organised following the Parliamentary delegation's trip to America to meet key stakeholders. During an interaction at the Consulate in New York, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday (local time) highlighted how India responded in a measured and calibrated manner towards terror bases and headquarters in Pakistan, following the Pahalgam terror attack. He gave a call for the world to come together to fight unitedly against terrorism.
Tharoor noted that the visit by members of the all-party delegation to the 9/11 Memorial was their first stop.
He said, "It was obviously a very moving moment for us, but it was also meant to send a very strong message that we are here in a city which is still bearing the scars of that savage terrorist attack in the wake of yet another terrorist attack in our own country".
Tharoor said, "We came both as a reminder that this is a shared problem, and also out of a spirit of solidarity with the victims... It's a global problem, it's a scourge and we must all fight it unitedly."
Tharoor said, "Our idea is very much to speak to a cross section of public and political opinion in each of the countries we're going to about the recent events which obviously trouble a number of people around the world."
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