New Delhi, 23 May. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is visiting India, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Saturday. During this, Rubio shared his country’s perspective on various regional and global issues. At the same time, PM Modi called for a peaceful solution to the conflicts through dialogue and diplomacy.
After meeting Marco Rubio, Prime Minister Modi said, ‘Pleased to welcome America’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio. We discussed continued progress in the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. We also discussed issues related to regional and global peace and security. India and America will continue to work together for global interest.
Happy to receive the US Secretary of State, Mr. Marco Rubio.
We discussed sustained progress in the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and issues related to regional and global peace and security.
India and the United States will continue to work closely for… pic.twitter.com/CuD0DdDXB7
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2026
President Trump invites PM Modi to visit White House
According to US Ambassador Sergio Gore, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio has invited Prime Minister Modi to visit the White House on behalf of President Trump. Gore said, ‘We had fruitful discussions on ways to deepen US-India cooperation in the areas of security, trade, and critical technologies.’
News! Secretary Marco Rubio extended an invite on behalf of President Donald Trump, for Prime Minister Modi to visit the White House in the near future!
— Ambassador Sergio Gor (@USAmbIndia) May 23, 2026
Great to join @SecRubio for a meeting with Prime Minister @narendramodi. We had a productive discussion on ways to deepen US-India cooperation across security, trade, and critical technologies – areas that strengthen both our nations and advance a free and open Indo-Pacific.… pic.twitter.com/0bO3d7jYTa
— Ambassador Sergio Gor (@USAmbIndia) May 23, 2026
Rubio will hold bilateral talks with Jaishankar on Sunday
Rubio on Sunday met his Indian counterpart Dr. S. Will hold bilateral talks with Jaishankar and attend the Independence Day celebrations of the US Embassy. Rubio will visit Agra and Jaipur on Monday and return to Delhi for the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday morning.
People associated with the Ministry of External Affairs said that in the talks between Jaishankar and Rubio, ways to strengthen India-US relations in energy, trade, investment, essential technology and people-to-people transactions can be discussed. He said that the West Asia crisis and its economic impact including energy supply are also expected to be discussed between the two sides.
It is noteworthy that Rubio’s visit to India comes five weeks after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s three-day visit to Washington DC, which focused on stabilizing relations after a period of uncertainty and tension.
Relations between the two countries took a major downturn after Washington imposed tariffs on India and President Donald Trump made controversial statements about his role in de-escalating India-Pakistan military clashes in May last year. Over the next few months, the US President repeatedly and publicly claimed that he had resolved the military conflict between the two neighbors and saved millions of lives as it headed towards all-out war. At the same time, New Delhi had insisted that the end of hostilities was the result of talks between India and Pakistan and America’s involvement in it had nothing to do with it.
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