The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended an event organized by the US Embassy in India at the Jio World Convention Center in Mumbai on Tuesday night, celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Joking about the frequency of the America 250 parties in India, Rubio said: “While today we celebrate here the 250th birthday of the United States for the 18th time here in India. I’m kidding, they’ve only done it 12 times.” Because i was just here three or four months ago, “And I say be back. Because they pass the budgets that fund all the agencies, i’m glad they’re here.
“It’s a great honor to be back with all of you here today,” Rubio said, as he started his speech. “I see that our colleagues from Washington, from the Congress, are here,” Rubio said. It was the second time Rubio attended an Independence Day event in India in less than five months. He last visited in May this year for bilateral talks. The US Embassy in India, headed by US Envoy Sergio Gor , had organized an event in New Delhi then, also celebrating the 250th anniversary of US independence. And it’s interesting. “They know these issues that are being debated. And I’m also very grateful they have a very strong congressional delegation here, a bipartisan congressional delegation. So don’t go back and say that all we do is throw parties. In fact, Rubio stuck to the party joke even as he ended his speech.
