Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has expressed confidence that India will proceed to form the “big debate of our time” as he interacted with Ambassador TS Tirumurthy, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and different officers and diplomats.
Jaishankar arrived in New York on his first US go to Sunday night after India’s entry as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in January this yr and can meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday.
“A productive strategy session with @ambttirumurti and our UN team @IndiaUNNewYork in New York. Confident that India will continue to shape the big debates of our time, ”Jaishankar tweeted on Monday after his assembly with Tirumurthy, Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador Okay Nagaraj Naidu and diplomats of India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Thirumurthy tweeted, “Thankful to Foreign Minister @DrSJaishankar for guidance in focusing our efforts for 2021-22 at the United Nations and the Security Council.”
Jaishankar will journey to Washington from New York the place he’s anticipated to fulfill US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
A State Department spokesman stated Blinken and Jaishankar would talk about a spread of points, together with COVID-19, efforts to strengthen Indo-Pacific cooperation by quad grouping, rising UN and multilateral cooperation.
“The Secretary is keen to meet Minister Jaishankar during his visit and to discuss COVID-19 relief, efforts to strengthen Indo-Pacific cooperation through the Quad, UN and multilateral cooperation and many other issues. . Shared regional security and economic priorities, ”the spokesperson stated.
In addition to assembly his counterpart, Jaishankar is to fulfill US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, different senior officers of the Biden administration, influential lawmakers, think-tanks, company sector leaders, and members of the Indian American neighborhood.
Neither the State Department nor the Ministry of External Affairs has introduced the day and time of the Jaishankar-Blinken assembly.
Blinken left for a fast go to to the Middle East on Monday as a part of the Biden administration’s peace course of efforts within the area.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
