Opinion | The Great Reconnect: Rubio, Gor And Reloading US-India Ties |
Opinion | The Great Reconnect: Rubio, Gor And Reloading US-India Ties
In Delhi, Rubio and Gor, with their Indian counterparts, will seek to reconnect & reinforce areas of convergence before a likely big-ticket June meeting between PM Modi and Trump
Two men in two different parts of the world are working quietly in the background to make consequential things happen. Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, will be in India in a couple of days. His visit marks the highest-level engagement by a member of the Trump cabinet since Op Sindoor concluded, trade ties came under strain over tariffs, and US Vice-President JD Vance visited India in April 2025.
Between then and now, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor has worked meticulously (first in Washington and now in Delhi) as a change agent attempting to re-energise a partnership that had, for a while, become beset by distractions and strategic........