NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday addressed the widely discussed debate around the relevance of the United Nations and the need for the multilateral body to reinvent itself to stay in tune with the changing times. Choosing to give a business-like response, given the nature of the forum, the EAM quipped that…
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, known for his sharp responses, once again displayed his sharp humour during a recent interaction. A reporter presented him with a choice, saying, “I’ll give you two options. You have to choose either of them. And you have to choose. There are no prizes for winning. So,…
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister Jaishankar‘s visit to Pakistan later this month, although it’s for SCO summit and can’t be seen as a peace outreach, opens the possibility of a rare high-level visit from India to Islamabad at a time when ties remain downgraded since the revocation of special status of J&K in Aug 2019.The decision…
NEW DELHI: For the first time in nine years, an Indian foreign minister will travel to Pakistan with the govt confirming Friday that S Jaishankar will represent India at the SCO heads of govt meeting in Islamabad on Oct 15-16.TOI had first reported on Aug 25 that Pakistan had invited PM Modi for the meeting….
<p>External affairs minist<wbr>er S Jaishankar met with Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake</p> NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met with Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday and conveyed India’s unwavering commitment to supporting Colombo’s economic recovery efforts.During their meeting, they explored avenues to enhance the existing cooperation and fortify the ties…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday strongly defended India’s right to respond to US political leaders’ comments about Indian democracy during an address at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. In a pointed message, he said the US should not “feel bad” if India comments on their internal affairs in response.In a…
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: Foreign minister S Jaishankar lashed out at Pakistan for its PM Shehbaz Sharif‘s remarks against India at the UN, saying that a dysfunctional nation coveting the lands of others must be exposed and countered.Countering Sharif’s “bizarre assertions” in which he had spoken about an alleged Hindu supremacist agenda and claimed that the people…
EAM Jaishankar (File photo) Describing India-China ties as “significantly disturbed”, foreign minister S Jaishankar said the relationship is key to Asia’s future and will influence not just the continent but the entire world.Speaking at a think tank in New York on Tuesday, he said the parallel rise of India and China presents a “very unique…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday broke silence on the recent controversy around the Netflix’s recent series ‘IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack’ and recalled another hijack story of 1984 in which his father was on the flight.Jaishankar, who was addressing Indian dispora in Geneva, said he hasn’t seen the series but added…
