U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will land in India on Nov. 10, to participate in the annual “2+2 Dialogue” with their Indian counterparts, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh, according to RT.
If the U.S. has its way, the purpose is to organize India against China, and to solidify India’s drift towards Israel in the current conflict in Southwest Asia. “This is a key part of the secretary’s trip to Asia. One of the many discussion points will be our cooperation with India to keep the Indo-Pacific free, open, prosperous, and secure,” U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu said during a press briefing on Nov. 2. He added that the U.S. would be “interested to hear” how India’s discussions on border issues were going with China.
Lu noted that India was “direct in its condemnation of the Hamas terrorist attack,” and India has joined the “chorus of nations” that have called for “sustained humanitarian access to Gaza.”
