India, June 30 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit the US from Monday to participate in a meeting of foreign ministers of the Quad grouping that will discuss new proposals to advance the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Jaishankar is visiting the US from June 30 to July 2 at the invitation of secretary of state Marco Rubio, the external affairs ministry said on Sunday.

The Quad foreign ministers' meeting on July 1 will build on discussions held at an earlier meeting in Washington on January 21, the ministry said. That meeting was the first major foreign policy engagement of the Trump administration.

The foreign ministers of India, Australia, Japan and the US will exchange views on regional and global development...