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Marco Rubio is an American politician currently serving as the 72nd Secretary of State under the US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
In the latest advance, Israeli troops seized the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, the military said earlier on Sunday
A Russian Foreign Ministry statement said that Lavrov conveyed Russia's decision to launch strikes on sites in Kyiv linked to the Ukrainian military
The comment came as the US Secretary of State is currently on a four-day trip to India that is aimed at recalibrating the bilateral relations that have faced headwinds since mid-last year
Highlighting that the negotiations have good faith and support among the Gulf partners, the US Secretary of State called it the 'right thing for the world to get done'
Trump also described Rubio as the 'greatest secretary of state in the history of the US' and concluded by saying: 'Say hello to Prime Minister Modi and let him know I'm a big fan'
Rubio, who is currently in New Delhi, said, "India-US relations have not lost momentum India-US relations will come out much stronger in the coming years
The meeting, led by Jaishankar and Marco Rubio, who is on his first official visit to India, underscored a deep convergence of interests amid a challenging global geopolitical landscape
Ways to bolster India-US ties in energy, trade, investment, critical technology and people-to-people exchanges are likely to dominate the talks between EAM Jaishankar and Rubio
The top US diplomat is scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in addition to meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Lauding India's pivotal position on the global stage, the top US diplomat expressed strong enthusiasm for expanding bilateral trade ties
US Secretary of State added that there were 'good signs' in the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran despite weeks of back-and-forth on a sustainable end to the war
India is struggling with an energy crisis caused by the nearly three-month-long war against Iran that the US and Israel launched in late February
Who likes JD Vance? and Who likes Marco Rubio?, Trump asked as attendees cheered for their favourite choice
Israel has been fighting Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and demands that the group, which opposed the talks and was not represented, be disarmed
The rare move comes less than a month before the inauguration of right-wing President-elect Jose Antonio Kast, a close White House ally
Gor also described the Quad coalition as an important grouping for cooperation among its member states
Trump is weighing whether to take military action against Tehran as the administration surges military resources to the region, raising concerns that any attack could spiral into a larger conflict
"These are countries that are very strong with us, very cooperative with the United States, work very closely with us, and it's a good opportunity to go see them", Rubio said
India's national security adviser told US officials New Delhi would wait out Trump's term, even as it quietly worked to ease tensions and restart trade talks after months of tariffs and public insults
The EAM's visit coincides with the agreement between two of the World's largest democracies on a trade deal