President Biden will journey to India early subsequent month to attend the annual Group of 20 (G20) summit, White House nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan informed reporters Tuesday.

Sullivan confirmed Biden would go to India from Sept. 7-10 for the summit, which is being held in New Delhi. Sullivan mentioned the president would attend numerous bilateral conferences with different world leaders, however he didn’t disclose which leaders particularly.

In a separate assertion, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned Biden and different world leaders would cowl a variety of matters, together with combating local weather change, the worldwide economic system, the battle in Ukraine and efforts to battle poverty.

In addition to Biden’s journey to India, Vice President Harris will journey to Jakarta, Indonesia, from Sept. 4-7 to attend the U.S.-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit with leaders from the Indo-Pacific.

Biden attended the ASEAN and East Asia summits in Cambodia in 2022 and met with ASEAN leaders final May at a U.S. gathering.

The president’s journey to India will mark his newest spherical of engagement with the nation. He hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an official state visit in June, rolling out the pink carpet regardless of issues about India’s human rights record beneath Modi.

Taken collectively, the president and vice chairman’s travels subsequent month are the newest instance of the Biden administration searching for to extend cooperation with allies within the Indo-Pacific as a counterbalance to regional heavyweight China.