Jaishankar talks about Ukraine dispute, Indo-Pacific & bilateral ties with Blinken

Phnom Penh: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar satisfied United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken here on Sunday and gone over bilateral ties, popular Ukraine dispute, energy concerns, G20 and the circumstance in the Indo-Pacific, days ahead of a possible conference in between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden. The conference in between the leading diplomats of the 2 nations occurred on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Summit here in the Cambodian capital. Jaishankar is accompanying Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is leading the Indian delegation to the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 17 th East Asia Summit here. Jaishankar and Blinken satisfied days ahead of a most likely bilateral in between Prime Minister Modi and President Biden on the margins of the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia from November 15-16 “A great conference with United States Secretary of State @SecBlinken. Gone Over Ukraine, Indo-Pacific, energy, G20 and bilateral relations,” Jaishankar stated in a tweet, suggesting the subjects he talked about with Blinken. “I satisfied Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar on the margins of the @ASEAN top today in Phnom Penh to talk about continuous efforts to broaden our collaboration & alleviate the impacts of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The U.S. supports India’s #G20 Presidency,” Blinken tweeted. Jaishankar’s conference with Blinken occurred after his conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday and talks with Ukraine foriegn minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday here. United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has stated that President Biden and Prime Minister Modi have an efficient and extremely useful relationship.
Sullivan stated that President Biden was eagerly anticipating seeing Prime Minister Modi on the sidelines of the G-20 top in Bali. “I would mention Prime Minister Modi has actually currently been to the White House because President Biden took workplace, and the 2 of them have had the chance to fulfill face to face several times and to talk by phone and on video numerous times,” he informed press reporters at the White House on Thursday. He stated the 2 leaders see typical interests on a variety of important concerns and have actually interacted to reinforce the US-India collaboration. “When you include all that up, it is an efficient, extremely useful relationship,” Sullivan stated. “President Biden is eagerly anticipating seeing Prime Minister Modi at the G20 this year, as we expect the next year,” he stated. India will hold the presidency of the G20 next year and there is a possibility of a United States governmental check out to the nation. India has actually not yet condemned the Russian intrusion of Ukraine and it has actually been preserving that the crisis needs to be fixed through diplomacy and discussion. Because the Ukraine dispute started in February, Prime Minister Modi spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a variety of times. In a telephone call with Zelenskyy on October 4, Modi stated that there can be “no military service” which India is prepared to add to any peace efforts. At a bilateral conference with Putin in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on September 16, Modi informed him that “today’s age is not of war”. In the last couple of months, India has actually increased the import of reduced petroleum from Russia regardless of increasing disquiet over it by a number of Western powers. In Phnom Penh, Jaishankar fulfilled UN chief Antonio Guterres at the end of the ASEAN gala supper on Saturday. Jaishankar held likewise talks with his equivalent from Thailand Don Pramudwinai.
“Always great to overtake DPM & FM Don Pramudwinai of Thailand. Discussed our shared local issues and the enhancing collaboration with ASEAN,” he tweeted. “Met Canadian associates Trade Minister @mary_ng and FM @melaniejoly at the ASEAN gala supper. All for higher trade and tactical merging, while countering terrorism and opposing radicalization,” he stated in another tweet.
Jaishankar on Saturday went over a variety of concerns with his equivalents from Canada, Indonesia and Singapore. …
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