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Marco Rubio visits India from October 17 to 22
The Hindu··3d ago
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Samarkand and then Mumbai and Jamnagar from October 17 to 22, the State Department said Tuesday. He will meet Indian officials on energy cooperation and regional security. Jamnagar hosts Reliance's refinery, processing 1.4 million barrels of crude daily. Over 200 U.S. business leaders join a Central Asia commercial delegation.
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What It Means For You
- Energy talks in Jamnagar sit beside the world's largest single-site refinery complex.
- A U.S. commercial delegation of over 200 executives travels with Rubio to Central Asia.
- The visit follows Rubio's May trip for the Quad foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi.
What's Happening
- The State Department announced the schedule on Tuesday, October 13.
- Rubio will attend a C5+1 ministerial in Uzbekistan before flying to India.
- He will also meet business leaders on investment and economic cooperation.
Texas refinery announcement
- President Donald Trump said in March the U.S. would build a refinery at Brownsville, Texas.
- Trump put the Brownsville project cost at $300 billion with Reliance investment.
- Rubio's second India visit this year follows the Quad meeting hosted by S Jaishankar.
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