{"id":34657,"date":"2021-04-30T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=34657"},"modified":"2021-04-30T13:51:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:51:01","slug":"secretary-blinkens-call-with-indian-external-affairs-minister-s-jaishankar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=34657","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Blinken\u2019s Call with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>4\/30\/2021 11:11 AM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar today to reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-India partnership in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0 Expressing his appreciation for Indian assistance in America\u2019s time of need, Secretary Blinken reviewed comprehensive ongoing U.S. government efforts in support of the Indian government\u2019s COVID-19 response operations.\u00a0 He also noted the outpouring of support from U.S. industries, non-governmental institutions, and private citizens for COVID-19 relief efforts in India. \u00a0The Secretary offered condolences and noted our concern for those who have lost friends and loved ones during this difficult period. \u00a0Secretary Blinken and Minister Jaishankar agreed to remain in close contact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\/30\/2021 11:11 AM EDT &nbsp; Office&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34658,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34657\/revisions\/34658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}