External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar will represent the Indian government at the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Donald J Trump, on January 20, on the invitation of the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

Foreign Ministers from Quad partner countries, Japan and Australia, also confirmed that they had been invited and would attend the ceremony.

“During the visit, EAM (Jaishankar) will also have meetings with representatives of the incoming administration, as also some other dignitaries visiting the US on that occasion,” a press release issued by the MEA on Sunday stated.

Trump has invited Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and ambassador Kevin Rudd to attend his 2025 Inauguration Day, the Australian media reported.

“I am honoured to be invited to attend President Donald Trump’s inauguration. It is a demonstration of the steadfast alliance between Australia and the US,” Wong said in a statement.

Japanese Foreign Minister, Takeshi Iwaya, said at a talk show on public broadcaster NHK on Sunday that he planned to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President. “We aim to build a relationship of trust with the Trump administration,” Iwaya said.

While Trump reportedly invited Chinese President Xi Jinping for the ceremony, he is not attending and is expected to send a high-level envoy instead.

Other world leaders who reportedly received invitations to attend Trump’s swearing-in ceremony include Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Argentinian President Javier Milei, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and Hungarian President Viktor Orban.

Former Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro said earlier this week that he too had been invited to Trump’s inauguration ceremony and had sought the return of his passport that was confiscated after his alleged coup attempt following electoral defeat in 2022.