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[00:00:00]Focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation, friends, cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. And that people often times think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together. As far as far as joint production, that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on, but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity.

[00:00:53]It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:01:08]>> Okay. uh secretary, what does United States expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned? And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly at the hormos strait and if you can share some details about the negotiations.

[00:01:40]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening happen. It must be and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it, the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and we spoke about it today with the prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue. we're doing. Even as I speak to you now, there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that. But the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain. One way or the other, we're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:03:04]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders summit to be taking place this year?

[00:03:08]>> Uh we want to and you have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. Uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in some countries an election year including ours. So, it makes travel a little bit more difficult, but we ideally we we do want to have a leaders quad meeting. Um, it would be perfect if we could do it as a standalone meeting, but uh we'd like to get them together, even if it's because they happen to be in the same place at the same time as a side meeting, but it's an important signal to continue to build on the quad.

[00:03:38]But just as important as the leaders meeting is turning the quad not just to a meeting that happens of countries that like each other, but but a mechanism that starts producing real work product.

[00:03:48]And we've begun to see that happen.

[00:03:49]That's the most encouraging part about the quad. India and US relationship is considered as one of the most consequential relationships of 21st century. What are the key deliverables from this visit of yours to India?

[00:04:03]>> Well, I I view it more as a continuation of a very strong relationship and looking for new areas of opportunity. We hope to have finalized very very soon u a trade agreement that's going to make both of our countries stronger. We obviously share a lot of the same security concerns. Um, we're also using India as the forum for our next quad meeting for foreign ministers. In fact, it was the first meeting I ever did as a secretary of state was a quad meeting and we were due for another one and so we felt this was the right place to do it. Um, we have a lot of commonality.

[00:04:31]Obviously, there are a lot of uh investments in the United States by Indian companies. So I view this vi visit as much as anything else as sort of a continuation and just continuing to build uh on on what we already have as a foundation and the progress that's been made in just the last you know year and a half in the second Trump administration.

[00:04:48]>> Okay secretary are India US differences over Russian oil purchases now largely behind us. Well, you know, the Russian oil purchase issue obviously had nothing. It wasn't about India. It was about a desire to impose a cost on Russia because of the war in Ukraine and India just happens to be a big purchaser. But it was never aimed at India per se. There's been some new dynamics in place nonetheless since that time. So I think what you've seen though is that in the in the process of addressing that, we've also seen an opportunity for India to continue to its plan, it's already pre-existing plan to diversify its energy sources and that includes the United States and potentially some other countries like Venezuela.

[00:05:25]>> Um so uh we want to continue to be a good partner in that regard and so I don't think that issue is going to feature very prominently in the future because India was already moving towards diversification and um and so as I said and and hopefully the war in Ukraine will end. Secretary State Department release uh says that the focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. and that people oftentimes think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together. As f as far as joint production, that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity. It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:06:51]>> Okay. uh secretary, what does United States uh expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned?

[00:06:58]And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly uh at the hormos strait and if you can share uh some details about the negotiations.

[00:07:23]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally >> try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening happen. It must be and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and we spoke about it today with the prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue and we're doing even as I speak to you now there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that but the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain one way or the other we're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:08:47]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders summit to be taking place this year?

[00:08:52]>> Uh we want to and we have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in in some countries it's an election year including ours. So, it makes travel a little bit more difficult, but we ideally we we do want to have a leaders quad meeting. Um it would be perfect if we could do it as a standalone meeting, but uh we'd like to get them together even if it's because they happen to be in the same place at the same time as a side meeting. But it's an important signal to continue to build on the Quad. But just as important as the leaders meeting is turning the quad not just to a meeting that happens of countries that like each other but but a mechanism that starts producing real work product and we've begun to see that happen. That's the most encouraging part about the quad.

[00:09:34]>> Thank you so much secretary for finding out time to do this. Thanks a lot.

[00:09:37]>> Thank you.

[00:09:37]>> Thank you.

[00:09:40]You >> so secretary of state Marco Rubio thank you so much for finding out time to do this interview. In fact this afternoon you met uh Prime Minister Modi. In fact, you also extended invite to Prime Minister Modi to visit uh DC. India and US relationship is considered as one of the most consequential relationships of 21st century. What are the key deliverables from this visit of yours to India?

[00:10:05]>> Well, I I view it more as a continuation of a very strong relationship and looking for new areas of opportunity. We hope to have finalized very very soon u a trade agreement that's going to make both of our countries stronger. We obviously share a lot of the same security concerns. Um we're also using India as the forum for our next quad meeting for foreign ministers. In fact, it was the first meeting I ever did as a secretary of state was a quad meeting and we were due for another one and so we felt this was the right place to do it. Um we have a lot of commonality obviously there are a lot of uh investments in the United States by Indian companies. So I view this vi visit as much as anything else as sort of a continuation and just continuing to build uh on on what we already have as a foundation and the progress that's been made in just the last you know year and a half in the second Trump administration.

[00:10:51]>> Okay. Secretary are India US differences over Russian oil purchases now largely behind us.

[00:10:56]>> Well you know the Russian oil purchase issue obviously had nothing it wasn't about India. It was about a desire to impose a cost on Russia because of the war in Ukraine and India just happens to be a big purchaser but it was never aimed at India per se. There's been some new dynamics in place nonetheless since that time and so I think what you've seen though is that in the in the process of addressing that we've also seen an opportunity for India to continue to its plan its already pre-existing plan to diversify its energy sources and that includes the United States and potentially some other countries like Venezuela. Um so uh we want to continue to be a good partner in that regard and so I don't think that issue is going to feature very prominently in the future because India was already moving towards diversification and um and so as I said and and hopefully the war in Ukraine will end. Secretary State Department release uh says that the focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. and that people oftentimes think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together. As far as far as joint production, that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity. It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:12:52]>> Okay. Uh secretary, what does United States uh expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned?

[00:12:59]And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly at the hormos strait and if you can share some details about the negotiations.

[00:13:23]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening.

[00:13:51]It must be and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it, the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and we spoke about it today with the prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue. We're doing even as I speak to you now, there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that. But the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain one way or the other. We're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:14:47]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders summit to be taking place this year?

[00:14:52]>> Uh we want to and we have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. Uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in some countries an election year including ours. So, it makes travel a little bit more difficult, but we ideally we we do want to have a leaders quad meeting. Um, it would be perfect if we could do it as a standalone meeting, but uh we'd like to get them together, even if it's because they happen to be in the same place at the same time as a side meeting. But, it's an important signal to continue to build on the quad.

[00:15:22]But just as important as the leaders meeting is turning the quad not just to a meeting that happens of countries that like each other, but but a mechanism that starts producing real work product.

[00:15:31]And we've begun to see that happen.

[00:15:33]That's the most encouraging part about the quad. India and US relationship is considered as one of the most consequential relationships of 21st century. What are the key deliverables from this visit of yours to India?

[00:15:47]>> Well, I I view it more as a continuation of a very strong relationship and looking for new areas of opportunity. We hope to have finalized very very soon u a trade agreement that's going to make both of our countries stronger. We obviously share a lot of the same security concerns. Um, we're also using India as the forum for our next quad meeting for foreign ministers. In fact, it was the first meeting I ever did as a secretary of state was a quad meeting and we were due for another one and so we felt this was the right place to do it. Um, we have a lot of commonality obviously there are a lot of uh investments in the United States by Indian companies. So I view this vi visit as much as anything else as sort of a continuation and just continuing to build uh on on what we already have as a foundation and the progress that's been made in just the last you know year and a half in the second Trump administration.

[00:16:32]>> Okay secretary are India US differences over Russian oil purchases now largely behind us. Well, you know, the Russian oil purchase issue obviously had nothing. It wasn't about India. It was about a desire to impose a cost on Russia because of the war in Ukraine.

[00:16:46]And India just happens to be a big purchaser, but it was never aimed at India per se. There's been some new dynamics in place nonetheless since that time. And so I think what you've seen though is that in the in the process of addressing that, we've also seen an opportunity for India to continue to its plan, its already pre-existing plan to diversify its energy sources. and that includes the United States and potentially some other countries like Venezuela.

[00:17:08]>> Um so uh we want to continue to be a good partner in that regard and so I don't think that issue is going to feature very prominently in the future because India was already moving towards diversification and um and so as I said and and hopefully the war in Ukraine will end.

[00:17:22]>> Secretary State Department release uh says that the focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation defense cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. And that people often times think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together. As f as far as joint production, that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on, but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity.

[00:18:20]It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:18:35]>> Okay. uh secretary, what does United States expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned? And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly uh at the hormos strait and if you can share some details about the negotiations.

[00:19:06]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally >> try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening happenably and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and we spoke about it today with the prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue and we're doing even as I speak to you now there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that but the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain one way or the other we're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:20:30]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders summit to be taking place this year?

[00:20:35]>> Uh we want to and you have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in in some countries an election year, including ours, so it makes travel a little bit more difficult, but we ideally we we do want to have a leaders quad meeting. Um it would be perfect if we could do it as a standalone meeting, but uh we'd like to get them together even if it's because they happen to be in the same place at the same time as a side meeting. But it's an important signal to continue to build on the quad.

[00:21:05]But just as important as the leaders meeting is turning the quad not just to a meeting that happens of countries that like each other but but a mechanism that starts producing real work product and we've begun to see that happen. That's the most encouraging part about the quad.

[00:21:18]>> Thank you so much secretary for finding out time to do this. Thanks a lot.

[00:21:21]>> Thank you.

[00:21:23]You >> so secretary of state Marco Rubio thank you so much for finding out time to do this interview. In fact this afternoon you met uh Prime Minister Modi. In fact, you also extended invite to Prime Minister Modi to visit uh DC. India and US relationship is considered as one of the most consequential relationships of 21st century. What are the key deliverables from this visit of yours to India?

[00:21:49]>> Well, I I view it more as a continuation of a very strong relationship and looking for new areas of opportunity. We hope to have finalized very very soon uh a trade agreement that's going to make both of our countries stronger. We obviously share a lot of the same security concerns. Um we're also using India as the forum for our next quad meeting for foreign ministers. In fact, it was the first meeting I ever did as a secretary of state was a quad meeting and we were due for another one and so we felt this was the right place to do it. Um we have a lot of commonality obviously there are a lot of uh investments in the United States by Indian companies. So I view this vi visit as much as anything else as sort of a continuation and just continuing to build uh on on what we already have as a foundation and the progress that's been made in just the last you know year and a half in the second Trump administration.

[00:22:34]>> Okay. Secretary are India US differences over Russian oil purchases now largely behind us.

[00:22:40]>> Well you know the Russian oil purchase issue obviously had nothing it wasn't about India. It was about a desire to impose a cost on Russia because of the war in Ukraine and India just happens to be a big purchaser but it was never aimed at India per se. There's been some new dynamics in place nonetheless since that time and so I think what you've seen though is that in the in the process of addressing that we've also seen an opportunity for India to continue to its plan its already pre-existing plan to diversify its energy sources and that includes the United States and potentially some other countries like Venezuela. Um so uh we want to continue to be a good partner in that regard and so I don't think that issue is going to feature very prominently in the future because India was already moving towards diversification and um and so as I said and and hopefully the war in Ukraine will end. Secretary State Department release uh says that the focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation defense cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. And that people oftentimes think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together. As far as far as joint production, that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity. It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:24:36]>> Okay. Uh secretary, what does United States uh expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned?

[00:24:42]And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly at the hormos strait and if you can share some details about the negotiations.

[00:25:07]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening.

[00:25:35]It must be and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it, the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and we spoke about it today with the prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue. We're doing even as I speak to you now, there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that. But the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain. One way or the other, we're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:26:31]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders Summit to be taking place this year?

[00:26:36]>> Uh we want to and we have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in in some countries an election year, including ours, so it makes travel a little bit more difficult, but we ideally we we do want to have a leaders quad meeting. Um it would be perfect if we could do it as a standalone meeting, but uh we'd like to get them together even if it's because they happen to be in the same place at the same time as a side meeting. But it's an important signal to continue to build on the Quad.

[00:27:06]But just as important as the leaders meeting is turning the quad not just to a meeting that happens of countries that like each other but but a mechanism that starts producing real work product and we've begun to see that happen. That's the most encouraging part about the quad.

[00:27:19]>> India and US relationship is considered as one of the most consequential relationships of 21st century. What are the key deliverables from this visit of yours to India? Well, I I view it more as a continuation of a very strong relationship and looking for new areas of opportunity. We hope to have finalized very very soon u a trade agreement that's going to make both of our countries stronger. We obviously share a lot of the same security concerns. Um we're also using India as the forum for our next quad meeting for foreign ministers. In fact, it was the first meeting I ever did as a secretary of state was a quad meeting and we were due for another one and so we felt this was the right place to do it. um we have a lot of commonality obviously there are a lot of uh investments in the United States by Indian companies so I view this vi visit as much as anything else as sort of a continuation and just continuing to build uh on on what we already have as a foundation and the progress that's been made in just the last you know year and a half and the second Trump administration >> okay secretary are India US differences over Russian oil purchases now largely behind us >> well you know the Russian oil purchase issue obviously had nothing it wasn't about India it was about a desire to impose a cost on Russia because of the war in Ukraine and India just happens to be a big purchaser but it was never aimed at India per se. There's been some new dynamics in place nonetheless since that time and so I think what you've seen though is that in the in the process of addressing that we've also seen an opportunity for India to continue to its plan its already pre-existing plan to diversify its energy sources and that includes the United States and potentially some other countries like Venezuela. Um so uh we want to continue to be a good partner in that regard and so I don't think that issue is going to feature very prominently in the future because India was already moving towards diversification and um and so as I said and and hopefully the war in Ukraine will end. Secretary State Department release uh says that the focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. and that people oftentimes think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together. As f as far as joint production, that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity. It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:30:19]>> Okay. uh secretary, what does United States expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned? And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly at the hormos strait and if you can share some details about the negotiations.

[00:30:50]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally >> try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening happen. It must be and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and we spoke about it today with the prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue and we're doing even as I speak to you now there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that but the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain one way or the other we're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:32:14]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders summit to be taking place this year?

[00:32:19]>> Uh we want to and you have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in in some countries it's an election year including ours. So, it makes travel a little bit more difficult, but we ideally we we do want to have a leaders quad meeting. Um it would be perfect if we could do it as a standalone meeting, but uh we'd like to get them together even if it's because they happen to be in the same place at the same time as a side meeting. But it's an important signal to continue to build on the quad. But just as important as the leaders meeting is turning the quad not just to a meeting that happens of countries that like each other but but a mechanism that starts producing real work product and we've begun to see that happen. That's the most encouraging part about the quad.

[00:33:02]>> Thank you so much secretary for finding out time to do this. Thanks a lot.

[00:33:04]>> Thank you.

[00:33:05]>> Thank you.

[00:33:07]>> Thank you.

[00:33:08]>> So Secretary of State Marco Rubio, thank you so much for finding out time to do this interview. In fact this afternoon you met uh Prime Minister Modi. In fact, you also extended invite to Prime Minister Modi to visit uh DC. India and US relationship is considered as one of the most consequential relationships of 21st century. What are the key deliverables from this visit of yours to India?

[00:33:33]>> Well, I I view it more as a continuation of a very strong relationship and looking for new areas of opportunity. We hope to have finalized very very soon u a trade agreement that's going to make both of our countries stronger. We obviously share a lot of the same security concerns. Um we're also using India as the forum for our next quad meeting for foreign ministers. In fact, it was the first meeting I ever did as a secretary of state was a quad meeting and we were due for another one and so we felt this was the right place to do it. Um we have a lot of commonality.

[00:34:01]Obviously there are a lot of uh investments in the United States by Indian companies. So I view this vi visit as much as anything else as sort of a continuation and just continuing to build uh on on what we already have as a foundation and the progress that's been made in just the last you know year and a half in the second Trump administration.

[00:34:18]>> Okay. Secretary are India US differences over Russian oil purchases now largely behind us.

[00:34:23]>> Well you know the Russian oil purchase issue obviously had nothing it wasn't about India. It was about a desire to impose a cost on Russia because of the war in Ukraine and India just happens to be a big purchaser but it was never aimed at India per se. There's been some new dynamics in place nonetheless since that time and so I think what you've seen though is that in the in the process of addressing that we've also seen an opportunity for India to continue to its plan its already pre-existing plan to diversify its energy sources and that includes the United States and potentially some other countries like Venezuela. Um so uh we want to continue to be a good partner in that regard and so I don't think that issue is going to feature very prominently in the future because India was already moving towards diversification and um and so as I said and and hopefully the war in Ukraine will end. Secretary State Department release uh says that the focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation defense cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. And that people often times think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together as f as far as joint production that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity. It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:36:19]>> Okay. Uh secretary, what does United States uh expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned?

[00:36:26]And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly at the hormos strait and if you can share some details about the negotiations.

[00:36:51]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally >> try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening.

[00:37:18]It must be and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it, the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and we spoke about it today with the prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue. We're doing even as I speak to you now, there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that. But the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain. One way or the other, we're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:38:15]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders Summit to be taking place this year?

[00:38:19]>> Uh we want to and we have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in in some countries an election year, including ours, so it makes travel a little bit more difficult, but we ideally we we do want to have a leaders quad meeting. Um it would be perfect if we could do it as a standalone meeting, but uh we'd like to get them together even if it's because they happen to be in the same place at the same time as a side meeting. But it's an important signal to continue to build on the Quad.

[00:38:49]But just as important as the leaders meeting is turning the quad not just to a meeting that happens of countries that like each other but but a mechanism that starts producing real work product and we've begun to see that happen. That's the most encouraging part about the quad.

[00:39:02]>> India and US relationship is considered as one of the most consequential relationships of 21st century. What are the key deliverables from this visit of yours to India? Well, I I view it more as a continuation of a very strong relationship and looking for new areas of opportunity. We hope to have finalized very very soon u a trade agreement that's going to make both of our countries stronger. We obviously share a lot of the same security concerns. Um we're also using India as the forum for our next quad meeting for foreign ministers. In fact, it was the first meeting I ever did as a secretary of state was a quad meeting and we were due for another one and so we felt this was the right place to do it. um we have a lot of commonality obviously there are a lot of uh investments in the United States by Indian companies so I view this vi visit as much as anything else as sort of a continuation and just continuing to build uh on on what we already have as a foundation and the progress that's been made in just the last you know year and a half and the second Trump administration >> okay secretary are India US differences over Russian oil purchases now largely behind us >> well you know the Russian oil purchase issue obviously had nothing it wasn't about India it was about a desire to impose a cost on Russia because of the war in Ukraine and India just happens to be a big purchaser but it was never aimed at India per se. There's been some new dynamics in place nonetheless since that time and so I think what you've seen though is that in the in the process of addressing that we've also seen an opportunity for India to continue to its plan its already pre-existing plan to diversify its energy sources and that includes the United States and potentially some other countries like Venezuela. Um so uh we want to continue to be a good partner in that regard and so I don't think that issue is going to feature very prominently in the future because India was already moving towards diversification and um and so as I said and and hopefully the war in Ukraine will end. Secretary State Department release uh says that the focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. and that people oftentimes think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together. As f as far as joint production, that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity. It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:42:02]>> Okay. uh secretary, what does United States expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned? And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly uh at the hormos strait and if you can share uh some details about the negotiations.

[00:42:34]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening happen. It must be and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and it we spoke about it today with a prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue and we're doing even as I speak to you now there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that but the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain one way or the other we're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:43:58]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders summit to be taking place this year?

[00:44:03]>> Uh we want to and we have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in in some countries it's an election year including ours. So, it makes travel a little bit more difficult, but we ideally we we do want to have a leaders quad meeting. Um it would be perfect if we could do it as a standalone meeting, but uh we'd like to get them together even if it's because they happen to be in the same place at the same time as a side meeting. But, it's an important signal to continue to build on the Quad. But just as important as the leaders meeting is turning the quad not just to a meeting that happens of countries that like each other but but a mechanism that starts producing real work product and we've begun to see that happen. That's the most encouraging part about the quad.

[00:44:45]>> Thank you so much secretary for finding out time to do this. Thanks a lot.

[00:44:48]>> Thank you.

[00:44:52]>> So Secretary of State Marco Rubio, thank you so much for finding out time to do this interview. In fact this afternoon you met uh Prime Minister Modi. In fact, you also extended invite to Prime Minister Modi to visit uh DC. India and US relationship is considered as one of the most consequential relationships of 21st century. What are the key deliverables from this visit of yours to India?

[00:45:16]>> Well, I I view it more as a continuation of a very strong relationship and looking for new areas of opportunity. We hope to have finalized very very soon u a trade agreement that's going to make both of our countries stronger. We obviously share a lot of the same security concerns. Um we're also using India as the forum for our next quad meeting for foreign ministers. In fact, it was the first meeting I ever did as a secretary of state was a quad meeting and we were due for another one and so we felt this was the right place to do it. Um we have a lot of commonality obviously there are a lot of uh investments in the United States by Indian companies. So I view this vi visit as much as anything else as sort of a continuation and just continuing to build uh on on what we already have as a foundation and the progress that's been made in just the last you know year and a half in the second Trump administration.

[00:46:02]>> Okay secretary are India US differences over Russian oil purchases now largely behind us. Well, you know, the Russian oil purchase issue obviously had nothing. It wasn't about India. It was about a desire to impose a cost on Russia because of the war in Ukraine.

[00:46:15]And India just happens to be a big purchaser, but it was never aimed at India per se. There's been some new dynamics in place nonetheless since that time. And so I think what you've seen though is that in the in the process of addressing that, we've also seen an opportunity for India to continue to its plan, its already pre-existing plan to diversify its energy sources. and that includes the United States and potentially some other countries like Venezuela.

[00:46:38]>> Um so uh we want to continue to be a good partner in that regard and so I don't think that issue is going to feature very prominently in the future because India was already moving towards diversification and um and so as I said and and hopefully the war in Ukraine will end.

[00:46:52]>> Secretary State Department release uh says that the focus of your visit is going to be defense cooperation defense cooperation with India beyond our forces for any contingency that might happen in the future. And that people often times think that means a war, but it could also mean a humanitarian crisis somewhere in the Indoacific where jointly we could be able to respond together to that. I think the straits remind us of how important shipping lanes are and how important protecting global shipping is to both of our economies. And so the ability of our navies and our forces to work together and and and practice together and learn about one another will allow us in a contingency somewhere down the line to be able to work together as f as far as joint production that would be ideal. I mean obviously that's something we have to build on but that would be ideal because India has tremendous capacity. It has a very highly skilled workforce and I know our companies are very interested in producing here and we we I think not just the United States and India but multiple countries around the world have a need to develop their defense industrial base and I think India could be a tremendous contributor to that.

[00:48:03]>> Okay. uh secretary, what does United States expect from India as far as the West Asia crisis uh is concerned? And perhaps since you are here in India, I would also like to use it as an opportunity to ask uh with you the status of the negotiations going on because it is impacting my country as well. Uh the fuel prices have gone up and uh you know there is energy shortage being reported etc etc. So by when we can expect the normaly at the hormos strait and if you can share some details about the negotiations.

[00:48:34]>> I mean the reason why oil prices are going up the reason why there's energy shortages in parts of the world is because Iran has decided to illegally unlawfully and criminally try to take control of the straits of Hormuz and threaten to sink commercial ships that do not pay them a toll or comply with their instructions. This is totally violative of anything that's known or allowed in the law. And I think the United States and India both share a very common belief, a strong common belief that what is happening happenably and other countries in this region and around the world maybe they'll decide that they're going to turn some waterway near their coastline into a toll lane and before you know it the entire mechanism of international trade is in danger. So I think India and the United States are perfectly aligned and we spoke about it today with the prime minister who was very forceful about that as well. Uh obviously as far as the negotiations are concerned it's not easy to negotiate with Iran. It's a fractured system led by radical clerics. But that said we're going to give it every opportunity. We would prefer a negotiated and peaceful end not just of the straits of the situation the straits of Hormuz but more important just as importantly the nuclear threat from Iran. We would prefer that that be addressed through negotiation and we're going to continue. we're doing. Even as I speak to you now, there are people involved in those conversations in the hopes of furthering that. But the president's been clear that the status quo will not remain. One way or the other, we're going to address it and the president's been clear about that.

[00:49:58]>> Very last question very quickly. Can we expect Quad Leaders summit to be taking place this year?

[00:50:03]>> Uh we want to and you have to find the opportunity to do that. Um we'd like to do it as a standalone event. Uh maybe it's an opportunity to do it as a side event to a broader gathering where all the leaders are going to be there. You know, in some countries an election year including ours. So it makes travel a little bit more difficult.