Bengaluru gets a new US Consulate

The initiative to expand the US presence in Bengaluru will broaden and deepen the long-standing ties between the United States and Karnataka and build upon long-standing diplomatic engagement and strategic partnership in the State

Hyderabad: A new US Consulate in Bengaluru, which happens to be the fifth US Consulate in India, was opened by the US and Indian governments on Friday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Ambassador Eric Garcetti dedicated the site of the US Consulate. The initiative to expand the US presence in Bengaluru will broaden and deepen the long-standing ties between the United States and Karnataka and build upon long-standing diplomatic engagement and strategic partnership in the State.

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Initially, consular services will continue to be performed at the US Consulate in Chennai and other US diplomatic posts in India.

Dr. Jaishankar said “I see a great future for India and the United States, and I think, in that future, obviously Bengaluru will also have a salient part.”

Ambassador Garcetti said the innovation and entrepreneurship of this State – from semiconductors to space – is matched only by Silicon Valley in his home state of California. “I am proud to dedicate our new consulate site and announce the expansion of the collaboration between the American people and the citizens of Karnataka,” he added.