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The Economic Times
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‘We don’t come enough’ to India, says Rubio on return visit; flags region’s role in shaping 21st-century history

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he believed Washington should visit India more often, using a question about his return to the country just four months after his previous visit to underscore India's importance as a geopolitical partner and the region's growing influence over the course of the 21st century.

“I actually think we don’t come enough,” Rubio said at the ‘Freedom 250 Reception’ in Mumbai on Tuesday, explaining that India was the world’s most populous nation, the world’s oldest democracy and a key strategic partner of the United States.

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