US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette visited India’s Taj Mahal in Agra and Amber Fort in Jaipur on Monday, capping the third day of his first official trip from May 23 to 26. They received a traditional Rajasthani welcome at the fort with elephant greetings, Ghoomar and Kalbeliya dances, and drummers, while earlier meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar covered defense, trade, energy, and Quad cooperation. The cultural stops highlighted efforts to strengthen US-India ties amid tensions over tariffs, immigration, and regional outreach, with a Quad foreign ministers’ meeting planned for Tuesday in New Delhi.
