US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the US is ready to sell as much energy as India is willing to buy. He said this while responding to a question about India being affected by high energy prices due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The Minister said this in the interaction with reporters in Miami as he embarked on the trip to Sweden and India. He also described India as a great partner and said his visit is important, as it would give him an opportunity to meet with ministers from the Quad nations.
Rubio will be in India from 23rd to 26th of this month and will visit Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi. The Quad meeting is planned for 26th of this month, and it is scheduled to be attended by Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu, with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar presiding over it. Mr Rubio’s visit to Kolkata will be the first by a US Secretary of State in almost 14 years. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Kolkata in 2012.
