Overview
- India signed the Pax Silica declaration at the India AI Impact Summit, joining a U.S.-led framework focused on AI and secure semiconductor supply chains, with U.S. officials inviting collaboration with Indian companies on American AI technology.
- U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to India in the coming months as part of Quad-related engagement.
- Gor said a bilateral India–U.S. trade agreement is nearing finalisation, with negotiators working toward a signing very soon.
- On oil policy, Gor asserted there is an Indian commitment to diversify away from Russian crude, a characterization Indian officials have publicly qualified by stressing energy security and multiple sourcing.
- Gor described active negotiations between the U.S. Department of Energy and India’s energy ministry on potential Venezuelan oil sales to India.