Antony Blinken alights from an autorickshaw in New Delhi. Courtsey: Twitter

Gulf Today Report

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reached Delhi and took an auto-rickshaw to an event in the national capital. A video of the event has gone viral on social media platforms. 

Blinken shared photos on his Twitter account leaning from a multi-coloured auto-rickshaw.

The Secretary of State wrote on Twitter, “A pleasure to meet with our staff from @USAndIndia, @USAndHyderabad, @USAndKolkata, @USAndChennai, @USAndMumbai, and their families. I'm deeply grateful for their hard work and commitment to strengthen our people-to-people ties and advance the #USIndia strategic partnership."

According to local media, Blinken was on his way to meet members of the US diaspora and their family in Delhi.

The US Embassy in Delhi also shared a video of Blinken's auto-rickshaw ride.

It wrote, “Who says official motorcades have to be boring? Watch @SecBlinken

cruise in style with the longest-serving locally employed staff at the US Embassy in New Delhi. Our famous #AutoGang  and their signature "autocade" followed close behind. What an entrance!”

Blinken was on a three-day visit to India for G-20 Summit.

Blinken said, "Russia cannot be allowed to wage war with impunity, after meeting his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia in New Delhi."
The so-called Quad group, in a statement issued after the meeting, also said that the use, or threat of use, of nuclear weapons in Ukraine was "inadmissible."