'Will remind US ambassador to open consulate in Bengaluru soon': EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said he would take up the matter of opening of a US Consulate in Bengaluru in his next meeting with the US Ambassador. Speaking during a discussion on his latest book, ‘Why Bharat Matters’, with Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, Jaishankar said: “Tejasvi and I kept meeting in Parliament often and on every occasion, he would bring up the topic of the US Consulate. READ | India ready for what 2024 will bring: Jaishankar at his book launch "Now, I am glad that we could take a decision to open a US Consulate in Bengaluru during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to USA last year. Responding to Surya’s comment on how foreign policy is not a distant philosophy under the Modi government, Jaishankar said: “There are roughly 34 million Indians and persons of Indian Origin across the world.