US national security adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan will not visit India in February due to other pressing commitments, as a result of which the annual review meeting of the initiative on critical and emerging technologies (iCET) will now be rescheduled, people familiar with the development said.
US officials have told Indian interlocutors that the visit was postponed due to “presidential business”, resulting in a clash in commitments. Sullivan, however, is still expected to travel “soon” for the meeting with Indian NSA Ajit Doval.
Sullivan was also expected to speak at the annual Raisina Dialogue, organised by the Observer Research Foundation in partnership with the ministry of external affairs. The American presence at Raisina Dialogue will be…
