America’s high academic, cultural diplomat to journey to India
WASHINGTON: A high American and cultural diplomat can be travelling to India this week to attend the G20 Tradition Ministerial and maintain talks together with her Indian counterparts on bilateral points. In India from August 22 to 27, the journey of Assistant Secretary of State for Academic and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield comes on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official state go to to the USA in June and precedes the G20 Leaders’ Summit which is slated to happen in early September.
Satterfield can be visiting Varanasi and New Delhi.
In Varanasi, Assistant Secretary Satterfield will tackle the G20 Tradition Ministerial on Saturday, August 26, in addition to take part in a number of bilateral conferences with G20 members and companions, together with UNESCO.
Her “participation underscores the USA’ robust dedication to defending, preserving, and selling tradition by way of sturdy worldwide engagement, and our help for the G20 Tradition Working Group,” the State Division mentioned in a media launch.
Previous to the G20 Tradition Ministerial, Satterfield will journey to New Delhi, to go to an Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) undertaking website, tour the American Heart in New Delhi (ACND), and interact with trade programme alumni.
She can even meet with authorities officers and key private-sector stakeholders to debate a number of shared priorities, together with worldwide training, sports activities diplomacy, cultural heritage, and the artistic economic system, a media launch mentioned.
