# US Secretary of State Rubio visits Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata 2026-08-10T12:58:33+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday during his four-day India visit, the first by a top US diplomat to the eastern city in over a decade. He visited Mother House, headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, and Nirmala Shishu Bhavan, a children's home run by the organisation. The visit comes weeks after the BJP won the West Bengal Assembly elections. US Ambassador Sergio Gor, who accompanied Rubio, posted on X that the interaction reflected "shared values and selfless service" behind the India-US partnership. Gor earlier said the two nations have an "ambitious agenda," including the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting. ## Coverage - millenniumpost.in Tags: India-US relations, Kolkata, Marco Rubio, Missionaries of Charity, Quad, West Bengal elections Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/us-secretary-of-state-rubio-visits-missionaries-of-charity-in-kolkata/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/us-secretary-of-state-rubio-visits-missionaries-of-charity-in-kolkata/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.