Secretary Rubio briefed the Prime Minister on the sustained progress in bilateral cooperation across a wide range of sectors, including defence, strategic technologies, trade and investment and energy security.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in New Delhi after a symbolic Kolkata visit that included prayers at Mother Teresa’s tomb ahead of key India-US and QUAD talks.
The US will witness investment worth $19.1 billion in Pharma that will strengthen research and development as well as drug manufacturing.
New US findings and a policy paper highlight continuing terror concerns linked to Pakistan and underline why trust issues still shape the India-US relationship.
Washington is considering easing some Russian oil restrictions and allowing India limited purchases to stabilise markets as the Gulf crisis disrupts shipping and raises global energy supply concerns.
Hinting that the penalty tariffs on India and allies may be revoked provided the countries stop buying Russian oil, Trump said that Russia will settle if the crude prices come down.
Navarro's public outburst was mocked by several X users and memes flooded his comment section,
His remarks came after Modi reciprocated Trump's sentiments and his positive assessment of India-US ties.
Sharing a photograph of PM Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping, Trump had earlier said that the US may have lost India and Russia to China.
Trump said the relationship with New Delhi was "one-sided" as it charged "tremendously high tariffs", not allowing US to sell anything in the Indian markets.
