The officials exchanged views on the situation in West Asia, recognizing the shared interest in regional stability. Notably, Jaishankar also touched upon the recent ICC Cricket World Cup Final, where Australia emerged victorious over India, extending his congratulations to the Australian team.
Marles, who witnessed the historic India-Australia Cricket World Cup in Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahemadabad, was joined by the 14-18-year-old young cricket players on the stadium premises. Also, he relished several street foods and paid the payment digitally via UPI method.
Jaishankar and his wife Kyoko met the British Prime Minister and presented him with a Lord Ganesha Statue and a cricket bat signed by Indian batting great Virat Kohli. The EAM is likely to discuss the India-UK Free Trade Agreement and Rishi Sunak's visit to India with his British counterpart.
"Our defence cooperation, which we’re strengthening again today, is a key pillar of that work," said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the '2+2' India-US Ministerial Dialogue.
The American delegation at the '2+2' ministerial dialogue was led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin while External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh headed the Indian side.
The 2+2 Dialogue, which has strategic importance for both the US and India, kickstarted on Friday at a time when the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East (Israel-Hamas war) and Europe (Russia-Ukraine war) were at their zenith.
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Delhi on Thursday night primarily to attend the India-US "2+2" foreign and defence ministerial dialogue.
US Defence Secretary will visit India on November 9 and 10 for the upcoming 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi, announced the Ministry of Defence. US State Secretary Antony Blinken will arrive tomorrow to co-chair the dialogue with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and EAM S Jaishankar.
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on November 07 met his Malaysian counterpart Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir in New Delhi. Both ministers will co-chair the 6th India-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting. The Joint Commission Meeting will review the progress of Enhanced Strategic Partnership in the area
Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar discussed the situation with Iranian Foreign Minister. He called for humanitarian ceasefire and discussed the importance of preventing an escalation.
Joly further said that she was in touch with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and highlighted decades of the India-Canada relationship. She also underscored that both countries have strong people-to-people ties.
During its SCO presidency, Jaishankar said India focused on five new verticals of cooperation- Startups and Innovation, Traditional Medicine, Science and Technology, Youth Empowerment and Shared Buddhist Heritage.
According to the Sri Lanka President's office, Jaishankar and Wickremesinghe held extensive discussions aimed at enhancing the relationship between India and Sri Lanka and signed three new bilateral agreements to foster greater cooperation between the two countries.
India will assume the Vice-Chair role of IORA for 2023-25 at this crucial meeting, leading to Chairship in 2025-27. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will assume the chairmanship of IORA for the period 2023 to 2025 at this meeting.
Biden's top advisor, a prominent Indian American in the White House, Neera Tandon said that it's important that India and the US have a strong person-to-person, community-to-community leader relationship based on the strength of the community.
Speaking at the event, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said, “we all belong to one global family" adding that life is too short for conflicts and called for the world to face challenges pragmatically and to dream for a better future.
EAM S Jaishankar flagged the violence propagated against the Indian Embassies in Canada and said that it is "necessary to call out what is happening" in the country. He said that India has taken a "very reasonable stance" on the matter.
Jaishankar on Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing: EAM was asked about the reports citing the role of the Five Eyes group regarding the intelligence behind the killing of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and reports of the FBI warning US Sikh leaders about credible threats to them.
While addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Jaishankar, who started his speech by saying, "Namaste from Bharat", asserted only a few nations set agenda for the whole but said, "This can't go on indefinitely nor will it go unchallenged".
His response came nearly a week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, alleged Indian agents were involved in the killing of Khalistan terrorist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar-- a claim India rejected outrightly.
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