NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday ruled out bilateral talks with Pakistan during his upcoming visit to the country for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).Speaking at the Sardar Patel lecture on Governance, Jaishankar said that while India desires good relations with Pakistan, it cannot be achieved by disregarding the issue of cross-border…
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told foreign minister S Jaishankar in a meeting that Lankan territory would never be allowed to be used in a manner inimical to India’s security interests, govt said in a readout.Both countries also agreed in meetings with Jaishankar, who became the first foreign minister to visit Sri Lanka since…
NEW DELHI: As he prepares to receive India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar this week, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met Indian high commissioner Santosh Jha who conveyed India’s readiness to support Sri Lanka‘s development process in any way possible, while also appreciating the president’s anti-corruption agenda.Taking to X, Dissanayake said that Jha emphasised that…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday tore into Pakistan at the United Nations and warned that its cross-border terrorism policy can and will never succeed. Citing Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif‘s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech where he accused New Delhi of “escalating tensions” in Kashmir, Jaishankar also warned that Islamabad’s…
EAM Jaishankar meets Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov (ANI photo) As India steps up engagement with both Russia and Ukraine, discussing ongoing efforts to end the war, foreign minister S Jaishankar met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the margins of the UNGA session. While Jaishankar said they discussed bilateral cooperation and regional issues, Russian foreign…
NEW DELHI: Government described as speculative and misleading an international news agency’s report that claimed Indian defence exports to Europe were diverted to Ukraine. In an official statement, the ministry of external affairs said that the report implied violations by India, where none existed and, hence, was “inaccurate and mischievous”.The report said that artillery shells…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, who is on the Switzerland visit, said on Thursday that India’s economic relationship with China has been very “unfair” and “imbalanced”.Speaking at an event in Geneva, Jaishankar claimed that 75 per cent of the “disengagement” problems at India’s long and mountainous border with China had been sorted out,…
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated on Tuesday that India is not “closed to business from China”, but the issue lies in determining which sectors the country will engage with Beijing and on what terms.Relations between the two nuclear-armed Asian giants have been at odds ever since the deadly Galwan clash in 2020….
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 affiars minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reflected upon India’s complex relationship with China and said that India is not the only country facing issues with China. Speaking at an event, Jaishankar said, “There is a general China problem, apart from our own difficult situation in the border. We are not the only…
