US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit India and Bangladesh next week to discuss closer cooperation with Dhaka on global issues and to co-chair strategic and commercial talks in New Delhi, the US State Department said on Wednesday.
Kerry will travel to Dhaka on 29 August to meet with government officials and discuss growing US-Bangladesh cooperation on international issues and talk about development, security and human rights, according to the US State Department.
Kerry will be in New Delhi from 29-31 August to co-chair the regular US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue with other senior officials from both countries.
He and US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will meet with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as well as other officials from both sides.
The Strategic and Commercial Dialogue is the main bilateral forum for advancing shared security and economic priorities of the United States and India, the State Department said.
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