4Photo© hindustantimes.comUS opens new consulate in Bengaluru
The new consulate in the Karnataka capital was formally inaugurated by Jaishankar, US ambassador Eric Garcetti, and Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar. This is the fifth US consulate in India and the third in the southern part of the country after Chennai and Hyderabad. It is also the 12th foreign consulate in Bengaluru.
Jaishankar described the opening of the US consulate as a “great day” for Bengaluru and India-US relations and recalled his interest in the establishment of the mission because of his personal links with the city, which he first visited in 1962.
“In many ways today, the formal opening of this consulate is one more sign that we are overcoming the hesitation of history. I do believe today it is within the realm of possibility that we realise more fully the potential of India-US relations,” he said.