1) She began the day by delivering opening remarks in a pre-recorded video at the Bolstering U.S. COVID-19 relief efforts in India: Perspectives from the Diaspora hosted by the States Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
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In the last weeks, India has seen a great increase in case of COVID-19 infections during this second wave of the pandemic and is struggling with more than 4,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.
Vice President Kamala Harris in her remarks has said that India's welfare is critically important to the United States
2) At noon, she had lunch with President Biden in the Private Dining Room
3) Then she joined President Biden in the Oval Office to receive the week's Economic Briefings. Read here.
4) Later in the day, Vice President Harris attended the President's Cabinet meeting held in the Blue Room. Almost all Secretaries and Cabinet members were in attendance whilst others joined in virtually.
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During the meeting, many things were discussed and a statement from Vice President Harris was released pertaining to the April Jobs Report. You can read it here: The White House
5) Then Vice President Harris virtually met with Mexican President, HE President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The public part of the meeting focused mostly on immigration, a key issue in U.S.-Mexico relationship along with trade, border security and the pandemic. As we all know, Vice President Harris will be taking her first Foreign trip next month June 8th to Mexico and Guatemala to hold talks about immigration and its cause.
Look Details:
She is wearing a Prabal Gurung hand-tailored tropical wool black suit