Vance, Gabbard in India this month

Friday, 14 Mar, 2025
The high-profile visits by US officials will deepen the Indian-US strategic partnership. (Photo courtesy: VP JD Vance/Facebook)

New Delhi: US Vice President JD Vance, as well as his two top officials — National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz — are set to visit India this month, to bolster security, trade, and strategic relations.

Vance will arrive in Delhi later this month, while Tulsi Gabbard and Mike Waltz will be in India around March 15-18, as per multiple reports. An official confirmation was yet to come. Waltz is likely to participate in the Raisina Dialogue, one of India's premier geopolitical summits. "Both sides would expand their collaboration in multiple sectors, so the visits are going to be very significant for both," said an official in charge of charting programs for visiting dignitaries.

With India-US information sharing going up, it is expected that the visit of Gabbard, the US Director of National Intelligence and NSA Waltz, will deepen the strategic partnership.

The high-profile visits follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the US, where key discussions took place with President Trump and other US leaders. Officials claim these visits also signal Washington's deepening engagement with India across defence, intelligence, and economic sectors.