Bangladesh discussed with Trump administration officials: Jaishankar

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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with officials of the new US administration. He said that Bangladesh was discussed in the discussions. However, he did not clarify what points were discussed.

Jaishankar said this at a press conference held at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC on Wednesday (January 22).

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The video of the press conference was released by the Indian External Affairs Minister on his Verified X (formerly Twitter) account. It was also circulated on the website of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. In the video, Jaishankar can be heard answering questions from journalists on various issues including India-US relations.

The Indian External Affairs Minister, who is in the United States to attend Trump's inauguration ceremony, met with the country's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Walz in Washington DC.

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According to India's state news agency PTI, at the very end of the press conference at the Indian embassy, an Indian journalist asked Jaishankar whether there was any discussion on the treatment of minorities in Bangladesh in his meeting with US National Security Advisor Mike Walz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In response, Jaishankar said, "Yes, we had a brief discussion on Bangladesh. I don't think it would be appropriate to talk in detail about it."

Replied to a question on the future relations between India and the US, Jaishankar said that the Donald Trump administration has a clear interest in taking the relationship between the two countries forward. It is very clear that the new administration wanted India to be present at Trump's inauguration ceremony. They are prioritizing bilateral relations.

In addition, he was also present at the foreign ministerial-level meeting of the four-nation alliance Quad consisting of the US, India, Australia and Japan.

Meanwhile, a press release about Jaishankar's meeting with Marco Rubio on Tuesday was published on the US State Department website. The statement was issued by the new US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce. It said that the foreign ministers of the two countries reaffirmed their shared commitment to strengthening the partnership between the United States and India. The two discussed regional issues, opportunities to deepen the US-India relationship, critical and emerging technologies, defense assistance, energy, and advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region.