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  • Jaishankar Meets UAE Foreign Minister At The Sidelines Of BRICS FM Meet

    Jaishankar Meets UAE Foreign Minister At The Sidelines Of BRICS FM Meet

    Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar on Friday met with the UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the Friends of BRICS gathering and discussed how to take the bilateral strategic partnership forward.

    Jaishankar is here to participate in a conclave of the BRICS grouping.”Our regular meetings and continuing conversations are helpful in taking our strategic partnership forward. Always benefit from his insights and perspectives on global politics,” Jaishankar tweeted.

    Sheikh Abdullah is in Cape Town to attend the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Foreign Ministers meet in South Africa as the five-nation bloc seeks to forge itself into a counterweight to Western geopolitical dominance.

    Venezuela, Argentina, Iran, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are on a list of those who have either formally applied to join or expressed interest in joining the BRICS.

    The BRICS bloc brings together five of the largest developing countries of the world, representing 41 per cent of the global population, 24 per cent of the global GDP and 16 per cent of the global trade.

  • India has the most uncontrollable press: Jaishankar reacts to country’s low ranking on press index

    India has the most uncontrollable press: Jaishankar reacts to country’s low ranking on press index

    MYSURU: India has the most uncontrollable press, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday in response to a question about the low ranking of India on the press index.
    During the interactive session on the Foreign Policy of the Modi Government, Jaishankar said, “I was amazed at our number. I thought we had the most uncontrollable press, and somebody is getting something fundamentally wrong.
    Comparing India’s rank with Afghanistan, EAM said, “Afghanistan was freer than us. Can you imagine? Look, these are all I mean, I see the democracy index, freedom index, religious freedom index, and press freedom index.”
    Terming the press index “mind games,” Jaishankar said that these are the ways of playing the mind games which are like lowering the rank of the country whom you don’t like while others do not.
    This statement came days after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released their press index and ranked India at 161. While Afghanistan stood at 152. China drops to the second-lowest spot on the 2023 World Freedom Press Index, standing at 179th rank.
    Last year, India stood at 150th rank. This time, India falls 11 ranks.
    During the session, Jaishankar took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that he was taking classes in China from the Chinese ambassador.
    He said, “I would have offered to take classes on China from Rahul Gandhi but I discovered he was taking classes on China from the Chinese ambassador,” responding to the Congress leader’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s handling of relations with China.
    Jaishankar referred to Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with the Chinese ambassador to India during the Doklam crisis. He attacked the government, suggesting that new territory had been lost to China’s salami slicing.
    “I know everything in politics is political. I accept that. But I think on certain issues, we have a collective responsibility to at least behave in a way that we do not weaken our (India’s) collective position abroad to do what we have seen in the last three years in China,” Jaishankar said, adding, “often very misleading narratives are put in.”
    Jaishankar also hit out at misleading narratives and misrepresentations, adding, “We had, for example…a bridge which the Chinese were building on Pangong Tso. Now, the reality was that the particular area first Chinese came in 1959, and then they occupied it in 1962. But that’s not the way it was put across. This happened in the case of some of the so-called model villages as well, that they were built on areas which we lost in 62 or before 62. Now, I don’t believe you will very rarely hear me say 1962, that shouldn’t have happened, or you are wrong, or you are responsible. What has happened has happened. It’s our collective, I would say failure or responsibility. I do not necessarily attribute political colouring to it. I would like to see is actually a serious China conversation. I’m prepared to accept that there are different viewpoints on that, but if you reduce it to kind of slanging match, what can I say after that?”

  • Jaishankar says Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto ‘promoter, justifier, spokesperson of terrorism industry’

    Jaishankar says Pakistan’s Bilawal Bhutto ‘promoter, justifier, spokesperson of terrorism industry’

    External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday called his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto a “promoter, justifyer and spokesperson” of a terrorism industry. Jaishankar also called out Bilawal Bhutto over Pakistan’s double standards on terrorism, said the neighboring country’s credibility is depleting faster than even its Forex reserves.

    Bilawal Bhutto is on a visit to India for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Goa. Jaishankar’s remarks on a day five Indian Army soldiers were killed during an operation in Poonch. A few days ago, five Army personnel were killed when some terrorists fired upon their vehicle in Rajouri.
    “As a foreign minister of an SCO member state, Mr Bhutto Zardari was treated accordingly. As a promoter, justifyer and spokesperson of a terrorism industry which is the mainstay of Pakistan, his positions were called out and countered including at the SCO meeting itself,” S Jaishankar said.

    Speaking over a question on India-Pakistan ties and ruling out bilateral talks between the two countries, Jaishankar said, “Victims of terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism to discuss terrorism. Victims of terrorism defend themselves, counter acts of terrorism, they call it out, they legitimize it and that is exactly what is happening.”

    “He [Bilawal Bhuto] came here as the Foreign Minister of an SCO Member State. That is part of multilateral diplomacy. Don’t see it as anything more than that. I think that nothing from what he said or what I heard he said deserves for this to be treated more than that,” Jaishankar said.

    The foreign minister said, “To come here and preach these hypocritical words as though we are on the same boat.”

    “They are committing acts of terrorism. I don’t want to jump the gun on what happened today but we are all feeling equally outraged. On this matter, the terrorism matter, I would say that Pakistan’s credibility is depleting faster than even its reserves,” he said.

  • Difficult to engage with neighbour that practices cross-border terrorism: Jaishankar

    Difficult to engage with neighbour that practices cross-border terrorism: Jaishankar

    Without naming Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that it is difficult to engage with a neighbour which practices cross-border terrorism against India.

    At the same time though, Jaishankar, who is currently in Panama as part of his four-nation tour of North and South America, expressed hope that one day a stage will arrive when Pakistan will deliver on its commitment to not sponsoring cross-border terrorism.


    During a joint press briefing with his counterpart from Panama, the Minister said: “It is for us very difficult to engage with a neighbour who practices cross-border terrorism against us. We’ve always said that they have to deliver on the commitment to not sponsor and carry out cross-border terrorism.

    “We continue to hope that one day we would reach that stage.”

    As part of the visit, Jaishankar first visited Guyana, which was followed by Panama.

    He is also scheduled to make stops in Colombia (April 25-27) and the Dominican Republic (April 27-29).

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  • Jaishankar joins Guyana President at commissioning of India-made ferry

    Jaishankar joins Guyana President at commissioning of India-made ferry

    GEORGETOWN: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday joined Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali at the commissioning of the ferry MV MA Lisha in Georgetown. The ferry has been built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers in Kolkata.

    “Joined President of Guyana Irfaan Ali at the Commissioning of the ferry MV MA Lisha today. This ferry would significantly enhance connectivity within Guyana. It will provide mobility and economic opportunities for distant hinterlands,” he tweeted.

    Jaishankar also joined Ali at his Eid dinner and thanked him for his hospitality as well as warm welcome during his Guyana visit. ‘MA Lisha’ means friendship and it would significantly enhance connectivity within Guyana. It will provide mobility and economic opportunities for the Indian community in the country.

    “Delighted to interact with the Indian community today evening in Guyana. Thank Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Speaker Manzoor Nadir for joining us. Conveyed that we are forging a partnership that is fit for purpose for the contemporary era,” tweeted Jaishankar.

    The EAM appraised them of his discussions with the Guyanese leadership and common resolve to upgrade the level of partnership between India and Guyana.Jaishankar addressed the India-Guyana Business Round Table in Guyana saying that the partnership of both countries holds new possibilities, while also underlining the new focus areas as earlier agreed upon by the two countries.

    Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Jaishankar said he underlined the new focus areas as earlier discussed by Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister Narendra Modi including energy, health and pharma, technology and defence.

    The External Affairs Minister took part in the India-Guyana Business Round Table in the presence of Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Todd, Finance Minister of Guyana, Ashni Singh and Public Works Minister of Guyana, Deodat Indar.

    “Addressed the India-Guyana Business Round Table. Appreciate participation of Foreign Minister Hugh Todd, Finance Minister Ashni Singh and Public Works Minister Deodat Indar,” Jaishankar tweeted. Jaishankar said a delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) also took part in the Round Table, which is a reflection of India’s growing engagement with Latin America.

    The External Affairs Minister took part in the India-Guyana Business Round Table in the presence of Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Todd, Finance Minister of Guyana, Ashni Singh and Public Works Minister of Guyana, Deodat Indar.

    “Addressed the India-Guyana Business Round Table. Appreciate participation of Foreign Minister Hugh Todd, Finance Minister Ashni Singh and Public Works Minister Deodat Indar,” Jaishankar tweeted. Jaishankar said a delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) also took part in the Round Table, which is a reflection of India’s growing engagement with Latin America.