Officials hope that any substantive announcements would be made after the meeting with Mr. Modi, including the formal launch of the TRUST (Transforming Relationship Utilizing Strategic Technology) partnership, renamed from the earlier Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) with the previous Biden administration.
On Tuesday (April 22, 2025), Mr. Vance will deliver an address at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur, where he is likely to make a policy statement on India-U.S. ties. The speech will be eyed with considerable interest, given Mr. Vance’s tough-talking during his previous two visits abroad, including his visit to the Munich Security Conference, where he admonished European countries on the Ukraine issue, and his visit to Greenland, where he stressed the U.S.’s claims to the region that’s currently a part of Denmark. – The Hindu Bureau
