What did India gain from Jaishankar’s five-day US visit?

On this visit from May 24 to 28, Jaishankar met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and many other important people.

Before the tour, experts had estimated that this visit is important in terms of the supply of corona vaccine and policies in the Indo-Pacific region.

At the same time, it was considered as important in political circles that this is the first American visit of a top Indian minister after Biden became the President.

Before talking about what India got from this tour, let us tell you what happened on Jaishankar’s US tour.

First part of the tour

New York and Washington have different implications in the US in terms of Indian diplomatic interests. The first stop of Jaishankar’s tour was New York, where he stayed from 24 to 26 May.

Here he first met India’s envoy to the United Nations TS Tirumurthy and a team representing India at the United Nations.

Jaishankar said that there was a good discussion about India’s strategy here and India will continue to give direction to big contemporary issues.

On May 25, Jaishankar met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

According to Jaishankar’s Twitter handle, the two discussed the challenges of Kovid and the importance of having a vaccine.

Jaishankar raised the issue of vaccine supply chain and discussed more production and distribution of vaccines.

The two discussed climate action, India’s role in the United Nations, challenges in India’s neighbourhood, Myanmar and Afghanistan crisis.

Jaishankar on the question of Modi government’s image

On May 27, Jaishankar attended an event at the American Public Policy Institute Hoover Institute in New York.

Here he talked about the policies of the Government of India in dealing with Corona and the political issues of India.

In response to the question of preference being given to Hindutva policies in India, Jaishankar said, “On looking at the decisions of the government, you will find that the image of the government that is being created is different from the real record of the government. This is pure politics and You should take it this way. “

Jaishankar also said at the event, “In India, earlier there was a lot of emphasis on vote-bank politics and the voters were tempted on the basis of their beliefs. India is a pluralistic country. In our society, secular means equal respect to all beliefs. You have to give. Secularism does not mean that you should reject your own or someone else’s beliefs. Today democracy is getting stronger in India.”

talks with US administration

On May 27, Jaishankar met US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

The issues of Indo-Pacific and Afghanistan were discussed between the two.

Jaishankar also thanked the American help during the Kovid era.

On the same day, Jaishankar interacted with members of the Indo-US Business Council, the US Global Task Force for Epidemic Relief, US Trade Representative Catherine Tye, US National Intelligence Director Avril Hines and members of the Indo-US Strategic Partnership Forum.

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Finally, meeting the Defense and Foreign Minister

On May 28, the last day of the tour, Jaishankar met US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Talked with Austin.

Discussions were held on furthering the defense and strategic partnership between the two and contemporary security issues.

Jaishankar also praised America’s role in dealing with the Corona epidemic.

At the same time, his American counterpart Antony Blinken talked about Jaishankar’s bilateral partnership, local and global issues, the Quad, Afghanistan, Myanmar and the Security Council of the United Nations.

Jaishankar also spoke to Blinken about vaccine partnership and vaccine supply.

In a press conference after a conversation with Blinken, Jaishankar was asked for feedback on Rahul Gandhi’s statement of ‘vaccine diplomacy’, but Jaishankar refused to say anything.

Rahul Gandhi had alleged that ‘due to vaccine diplomacy, the government is giving Indians a chance to mutate the virus by not vaccinating in large numbers’.

How was the response to the tour?

The Foreign Minister shared the information of every meeting in America on Twitter.

However, in these tweets, he did not provide any information other than the issues of conversation.

The US representatives who met Jaishankar also did not share anything more than the issues of the conversation on Twitter.

There is still no response from the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding this visit.

How should the tour be viewed?

Experts believe that one should wait for one to two weeks to understand what India has achieved through this visit.

Harsh V. Pant, a foreign affairs expert, says, “This was the first major visit from India after Biden became president. According to tradition, it should have been held in February-March, but because of Kovid it would have Something was delayed. “

“As far as the health crisis is concerned, India has already said that America is standing with us. On the issues related to the vaccine, we can know in a week or two what the result of the tour has been.”

Pranay Kotasthane, who oversees foreign policies, also says, “The statements from both countries show that the visit has been focused on vaccine production, the political situation in Myanmar and Afghanistan, and providing raw material for vaccine production.” The result can be seen in the coming days.”

What to expect about the vaccine?

Experts believe that India may have to wait a bit regarding the vaccine supply announcement.

On the issue of vaccine, Harsh says, “Before the visit of the Foreign Minister, it was expected that India might get some vaccine from America’s vaccine stock, but the decision on this will not be clear soon.”

“Anyway, on this tour, there has been less discussion with the government and more with the private sector regarding the vaccine. The US government has already taken many steps according to its stand, but where private companies have to take steps, the role of the government is less. is.”

Geographical strategy and stand on the issue of China

Regarding India-US partnership on China and Quod, Prannoy says, “Jaishankar and Blinken have worked together in the past and I think this visit will further strengthen the concept of Quad in the future.”

At the same time, Harsh says that America and India together want to reduce the effect of China’s vaccine diplomacy. We also get the hallmark of this from the statement from Bangladesh, who had requested India to keep their interests in mind during their visit to America. The good thing in this whole matter is that many of America’s stands are in favor of India.

As far as rhetoric and Jaishankar’s attitude on the politics of India is concerned, Prannoy does not find anything new in it.

He says, “Earlier also top ministers have been avoiding bringing the internal politics of the country to the surface on such forums and there is nothing different in this on this visit as well.”