US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Kolkata as part of a four-day visit to India, which includes meetings on energy and discussions with Quad nation ministers. The trip is considered diplomatically significant.

Rubio’s India itinerary, scheduled from May 23 to 26 and also encompassing Agra, Jaipur, and New Delhi, is being viewed as diplomatically significant for his scheduled energy talks with India and the meeting with Ministers from the Quad nations.