EAM Jaishankar to visit US from Sept 18 to attend UNGA, BRICS, Quad meets
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will pay an 11-day visit to the US beginning Sunday to attend the UN General Assembly and participate in meetings of Quad, BRICS and several other key groupings.
He is also scheduled to hold talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other senior officials of the Biden Administration.
Jaishankar will be in New York from September 18 to 24, while he will visit Washington DC from September 25 to 28, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
In New York, the external affairs minister (EAM) will be leading the India delegation for the "high-level week" at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), it said.
The theme of the 77th UNGA is "A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges."
Jaishankar's address at the UNGA session is scheduled in the forenoon of September 24.
"In keeping with India's strong commitment to reformed multilateralism, the EAM will be hosting a ministerial meeting of the