US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and visiting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar would discuss a wide range of issues, including COVID-19, efforts to strengthen Indo-Pacific cooperation through the Quad, enhanced UN and multilateral cooperation, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday. Mr Jaishankar, who arrived in New York on Sunday on his first visit to the US after India entered the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in January this year, is expected to travel to Washington DC on Wednesday.