NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday pointed out India’s strengthened stance on terrorism, saying that there would be a response if similar attacks to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks were to take place again.Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Jaishankar asserted the need for a “double engine government” in Maharashtra, citing the Centre’s…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit Colombo this week for what will be the first high-level engagement between India and Sri Lanka since the new Lankan president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, assumed office last week. The visit will be an important for India to reaffirm its commitment to development support for the strategically located Indian…
NEW DELHI: India and the Maldives on Friday discussed expediting implementation of various ongoing defence cooperation projects in the archipelago, in a development that comes soon after external affairs minister S Jaishankar visited Male last month amid the strain in bilateral ties.The 5th defence cooperation dialogue, with Indian defence secretary Giridhar Aramane and Maldives’ chief…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said India would be able to work with the next US president.Talking about the upcoming presidential elections at an event here, Jaishankar said, “Generally, we do not comment on other people’s elections because we also hope others don’t comment on us. But the American system will…
NEW DELHI: As the election race heats up in US, India’s external affair minister weighed in and reiterated that New Delhi is prepared to work with Washington, regardless of who reaches the oval office. Referring to last 2o years of relationship between the two democracies, the EAM said, “We have every confidence that we will…
The solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict will not emerge from the battlefield, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Monday adding that the countries need to keep in touch with both nations. Reiterating the need for dialogue and diplomacy only solution to the conflict, Jaishankar in Tokyo said, “From the very beginning, we had the…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met with US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Sunday, engaging in a wide-ranging discussion on bilateral ties as well as regional and global issues. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Quad foreign ministers‘ meeting in Japan’s capital.“Great to catch up with @SecBlinken in Tokyo…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his meetings with Chinese envoys and said the Congress functionary must be having “extra understanding” about the neighbouring country as he had secret meetings with them.In an interview with Times Now, the minister said, “Rahul understands China so much…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has sent out a clear message on the issue of investments from China, stating that India as a country can’t compromise its national and economic security in the name of opening up the economy. Jaishankar said that India is well within its rights to safeguard the interests of its manufacturers,…
