US secretary of state Antony Blinken likely to visit India in next few weeks: Report

US secretary of state Antony Blinken is likely to visit India in the next few weeks. Blinken is expected to hold discussions with Indian authorities on a range of issues ranging from the Indo-Pacific region to the Afghanistan situation during the visit. The visit of the US secretary of state will also help prepare for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed bilateral visit to the US later this year, sources told Economic Times. Moneycontrol could not independently verify the report. What to expect from Antony Blinken's visit to India?
According to the report, the Quad action plan is likely to dominate the discussion with his Indian counterpart. During the last virtual meeting of Quad in March this year, the leaders finalized a landmark initiative under which investments will be made in India to create additional production capacities to roll out a billion coronavirus vaccine doses by 2022 for exports to the Indo-Pacific region.