US diplomat Allison Hooker will visit India for consultations amid trade deal uncertainties and ongoing political tensions between the two nations.

Top US diplomat Allison Hooker will visit India in the coming weeks for foreign office consultations with the Ministry of External Affairs, HT has learnt.

Hooker — who serves as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs — is among the US State Department’s senior-most diplomats. Her visit to India comes even as the two countries grapple with the challenges posed by an as-yet unsigned trade deal, Washington’s renewed efforts to improve ties with Pakistan and strained political relations between the two countries.

Hooker took over as Under Secretary earlier this year and serves as the counterpart to Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri.

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