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The External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar is all set to hold talks on the sidelines of Trump’s inauguration with Quad Foreign Ministers.

This was stated by the MEA’s Official Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Friday the 17th of January 2025 during his weekly presser.

It is expected that all four foreign ministers of the QUAD nations will be present in Washington DC for the inaugural ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump.

“The Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting is expected to be in Washington, DC for the inaugural ceremony of President Trump…We will share the further details,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in the weekly press briefing today.

Dr Jaishankar will represent India at the Trump’s swearing-in ceremony as the 47th US President. He will attend the ceremony at the invitation of the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.

During the visit, Jaishankar will also have meetings with representatives of the incoming administration, as well as some other dignitaries visiting the US on that occasion.

The MEA had also issued a release two days back that “On the invitation of the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar will represent the Government of India at the Swearing-In Ceremony of President-Elect Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America”.