Department of State said on Tuesday (October 13, 2026). U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to India next week to further strengthen energy cooperation, the U.S.
Mr. This will be Mr. Rubio’s second visit to India since May, when he attended the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting hosted by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi.
Rubio will first visit Samarkand in Uzbekistan, and will then travel to Mumbai and Jamnagar in India from October 17 to 22, it said. In March, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will build its first refinery in 50 years with investment from Reliance Industries. The refinery will come up at Brownsville in Texas at a cost of $300 billion, Mr.
Trump said.
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“He will meet with senior government officials to strengthen the U.S.-India strategic partnership, exchange views on regional and global dynamics, and discuss prospects for enhanced energy cooperation,” the State Department said. Rubio will also meet with business leaders to promote opportunities for commercial investment and economic cooperation, it said.
