Friendships not exclusive in multi-polar world: Jaishankar on global ties

Friendships not exclusive in multi-polar world: Jaishankar on global ties

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Saturday (November 2, 2024) that friendships are “not exclusive”, particularly in a multi-polar world. In his address at a book launch in New Delhi, the Minister also said India is today positioning itself as a “Vishwamitra” and “we seek to be friends with as many as possible”. OPINION … Read more

Thailand Foreign Minister to visit India, meet Jaishankar

Thailand Foreign Minister to visit India, meet Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Thailand Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa during a meeting in New Delhi on July 12, 2024. File | Photo Credit: PTI Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Maris Sangiampongsa is scheduled to meet his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar in Delhi on November 2, 2024, as part of his soon-to-begin … Read more

BRICS countries recognize group’s importance for multipolarity: Jaishankar

BRICS countries recognize group’s importance for multipolarity: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attends the IBSA Foreign Minister’s meeting on UNGA79 sidelines, in New York on Thursday (September 26, 2024). | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with his BRICS counterparts to affirm its role in a multipolar world. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 79th session … Read more

Maldives’ main Opposition party welcomes President Muizzu government’s ‘sudden recalibration’ of its India policy

Maldives’ main Opposition party welcomes President Muizzu government’s ‘sudden recalibration’ of its India policy

President of Maldivian Democratic Party Abdulla Shahid. File | Photo Credit: AP The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has welcomed President Mohammad Muizzu-led government’s “sudden recalibration” of its India policy and said Male has always been confident that India will always be the first responder any time the Maldives “dials an international 911″. Abdulla Shahid, president … Read more

Quad collaboration can ensure free and open Indo-Pacific: EAM Jaishankar

Quad collaboration can ensure free and open Indo-Pacific: EAM Jaishankar

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa attend a press conference at a Quad Ministerial Meeting at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan July 29, 2024.. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) has additional responsibilities of … Read more

EAM Jaishankar arrives in Qatar on day-long visit

EAM Jaishankar arrives in Qatar on day-long visit

EAM Jaishankar was received at the Airport by Chief of Protocol HE Mr Ibrahim Fakhroo. Photo: X/@IndEmbDoha External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Doha on June 30 on a day-long official visit during which he will hold talks with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani with a focus on exploring ways … Read more

As EAM Jaishankar pads up for a second term with a new team, foreign policy challenges remain the same

As EAM Jaishankar pads up for a second term with a new team, foreign policy challenges remain the same

BJP MP S Jaishankar takes charge as the External Affairs Minister, in New Delhi, on June 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister for a second term, S. Jaishankar hit the floor running on June 10, sending out a message of continuity and “business as usual” for Indian foreign policy in the new … Read more

EAM Jaishankar rejects Joe Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ comment

EAM Jaishankar rejects Joe Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ comment

File picture of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar rejected U.S. President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” was hobbling the South Asian nation’s economic growth, reported on Saturday. Mr. Jaishankar said at a round table hosted by The Economic Times on Friday that India’s economy “is not … Read more

UPA refused to ‘attack Pakistan’ over cost: EAM Jaishankar

UPA refused to ‘attack Pakistan’ over cost: EAM Jaishankar

S. JaishankarMURALI KUMAR K | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K The previous UPA government decided “not to do anything” after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks with the justification that “it would cost more to attack Pakistan than not attacking it”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar claimed on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Describing India as a … Read more

Jaishankar assures stern action against fraudulent agents

Jaishankar assures stern action against fraudulent agents

Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar has promised stern legal action against recruitment agents that had duped youth from India into fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine. Expressing deep concern on job-aspirants from Kerala getting trapped and pushed to the war front on the Russia-Ukraine border, Mr. Jaishankar told media persons here on … Read more