President Biden will travel to India early next month to attend the annual Group of 20 (G20) summit, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday.
Sullivan confirmed that Biden would visit India from September 7 to 10 for the summit, which is to be held in New Delhi. Sullivan said the president would attend several bilateral meetings with other world leaders, but did not reveal which leaders specifically.
In a separate statement, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden and other world leaders would cover a variety of topics, including the fight against climate change, the global economy, the war in Ukraine and efforts to fight poverty. .
In addition to Biden’s trip to India, Vice President Harris will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia from September 4-7 to attend the US-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit with Indo-Pacific leaders.
Biden attended the ASEAN and East Asia summits in Cambodia in 2022 and met ASEAN leaders last May at a meeting in the United States.
The president’s trip to India will mark his latest round of engagement with the country. He received Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a official state visit in Junerolling out the red carpet despite concerns about India’s human rights record under Modi.
Taken together, the president’s and vice president’s trips next month are the latest example of the Biden administration seeking to increase cooperation with allies in the Indo-Pacific as a counterbalance to regional heavyweight China.
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