India’s foreign minister says favorable U.S. visa policy good for both countries

August 31, 2020

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India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrives at the India and the World seminar in Helsinki, Finland September 20, 2019. Lehtikuva/Heikki Saukkomaa via REUTERS/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Monday a United States visa policy that supports Indian talent is mutually beneficial and a “win-win” for both countries.

“This is an area where the US should recognise what’s in America’s interest… happens to be in India’s interest as well,” Jaishankar told a virtual conference on relations between the two countries.

U.S. President Donald Trump has this year restricted several categories of work visas, blocking the flow of skilled Indian workers into the United States.