India joins 35-country US-led initiative for trusted AI supply chains at Pax Silica Summit on June 26, 2026

Key facts

• Thirty-five countries, including India, signed the Joint Statement on AI Opportunity at the second Pax Silica Summit in Washington on June 26, 2026.
• The initiative aims to build trusted and resilient supply chains for artificial intelligence technologies, focusing on chips, compute capacity, and resilient technology networks.
• India was represented by S Krishnan (Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology), Nagraj Naidu (Additional Secretary, Americas, Ministry of External Affairs), and representatives of Indian industry.
• Countries that joined the Pax Silica initiative at the summit include Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Kazakhstan, Panama, and the European Union.
• The Pax Silica Initiative began in December 2025, and India joined it in February 2026 on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.