External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has mentioned that India can play the position of a stabilizer and a bridge at a time when the world doesn’t have an “optimistic picture” and an anxious worldwide neighborhood.
He mentioned that India can even contribute in mitigating the dangers to the worldwide financial system and politically, not directly, may help depolarize the world.
“The bigger picture, quite honestly, is not the optimistic picture in the world. I think we have a very concerned international community,” Jaishankar informed a bunch of Indian journalists at a press convention in Washington on Wednesday.
Jaishankar mentioned the alternatives for India are extra than simply as a result of it’s a very troublesome scenario.
“I believe there are contributions that India could make. I believe now we have a steady position at present. We have a bridging position. We have a diplomatic position. What we actually have to have a look at from an financial viewpoint is how can we contribute to mitigating the dangers to the worldwide financial system? I suppose from a political viewpoint, how can we assist depolarize the world not directly?” he mentioned.
“I think those are exactly the expectations that a lot of other countries have from us, especially countries in the global south. Obviously, we’ll try to do what we can and we’ll be in touch with all the low-lying countries in the world. “
During his just lately concluded go to to New York to attend the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, Jaishankar held practically 100 conferences with world leaders and their counterparts from the world over.
“Today, there is a hope and here I go back to my UNGA discussion. This is also one of the reasons why there are so many meetings this time. To be honest, there was a lot of demand for meetings. Countries wanted to talk to us,” he mentioned.
“Countries wished to speak to us, as a result of there’s a perception that we’re in contact with key gamers, we are able to affect them, we are able to form pondering, we are able to contribute, we’re prepared, generally such To say issues that many others can’t see, or have reached out to nations and leaders in a method, it might not be doable for everybody to take action,” he mentioned.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
