National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard is heading to Asia for a trip to appear at a security conference in India next week.
In a social media post on Monday, Gabbard announced that she will travel to Japan, Thailand and India and visit France on her way back to the US.
This is Gabbard's second international trip as the Trump administration's chief executive. Shortly after she was confirmed a month ago, she traveled to Germany to attend a security conference in Munich.
On Wednesday, Gabbard arrived in Hawaii. Hawaii holds a large National Security Agency office and military Indo-Pacific Command headquarters, officials said. Gabbard, who represented the state for eight years in Congress, said she will meet with the military and intelligence agents while in Hawaii, and she also said she will watch US military trains.
The Asian foot of Gabbard's trip will peak on March 18th with a speech at the Rasina Conference, a multinational gathering of New Delhi security guards. So Gabbard will hold bilateral meetings with Indian officials and officials from other countries, a senior Trump administration official said.
The Rasina Conference is often attended by high-ranking Russian officials and experts. However, it is not clear whether Gabbard will be holding a bilateral meeting with Russian officials on the sidelines of the meeting.
The Trump administration has called for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia and has put pressure on the Kiev government to make concessions to end the war.
Comments by Trump administration officials at the Munich Conference in February left many European diplomats, particularly the European vice president's responsibilities for what he said summarizing conservatives' freedom of speech.
However, Gabbard's remarks focusing on counterterrorism cooperation between Europe and the United States were well received by European diplomats who were keen to signs that the US intelligence agency intends to maintain partnerships with long-standing allies.
A senior administration official said Gabbard intended to attack similar themes in India and would address anti-terrorism, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and intelligence sharing.
