US NSA Jake Sullivan in Delhi

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has arrived in India on a two-day visit.

He met Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Monday. During this visit, he is set to meet his Indian counterpart National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.

Highlighting the significance of their discussions, Jaishankar acknowledged Sullivan’s “personal contribution” in strengthening the India-US partnership over the past four years.
Sharing a post on X, Jaishankar wrote, “Delighted to meet US NSA @JakeSullivan46 in New Delhi today morning.”
“Continued our ongoing discussions on deepening bilateral, regional and global cooperation. Valued the openness of our conversations in the last four years. Appreciated his personal contribution to forging a closer and stronger India-US partnership,” he said.

The US had said that Sullivan is visiting India for a “capstone meeting” with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. “That will span a range of issues across the breadth of our partnership with India, from space, defense, strategic technology cooperation, all the way also to shared security priorities in the Indo-Pacific and beyond,” White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby had said.

“Sullivan is also visiting the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where he will be able to meet with young Indian entrepreneurs and give a speech outlining the significant steps that the United States and India have taken together to strengthen our innovation alliance under the US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology, otherwise known as iCET,” Kirby had said, adding, “This will be Sullivan’s final trip to the Indo-Pacific region as National Security Advisor.”

Donald Trump will take office as US President on January 20. Earlier, various questions have been raised about the visit of the National Security Adviser of the outgoing Joe Biden government. There is also a lot of talk about whether this visit will have an impact on Bangladesh. However, nothing has been officially said about this.