New York [US], September 20 (ANI): In continuation to a sequence of conferences with counterparts from the world over, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held bilateral talks with the Foreign Minister of Serbia, Nikola Selakovic and stated that the town of New York throughout United Nations General Assembly is “full of friends.”Jaishankar, who arrived within the US on a 10-day go to, stated that the UNGA is “full of friends.” “So good to see FM Nikola Selakovic of Serbia,” he added in a tweet following the meet.
India and Serbia historically loved deep friendship as co-founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. The deep bond of friendship continued in subsequent a long time leading to shut and pleasant ties between India and Serbia. Both sides welcomed the finalisation of reciprocal association on recognition of COVID vaccine certificates issued by one another’s nationwide authorities.
Earlier, to overview the gamut of bilateral strategic partnership between the 2 nations, Jaishankar held discussions with the UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and appreciated his insights on the worldwide state of affairs.
Kicking off a jam-packed diplomatic week in New York, forward of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) assembly, Jaishankar held a set of bilateral talks together with his counterparts within the Balkans, Europe and the Caribbean, Middle East and Asia.
As a part of his diplomatic conferences within the US, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in a trilateral Ministerial assembly of India-UAE-France together with his counterparts and exchanged concepts between the strategic companions.
EAM Jaishankar arrived right here Sunday for the high-level assembly of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and is prone to meet United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and a number of other heads of state later this week.
Over the course of the week, Jaishankar is scheduled to have greater than 50 official engagements together with bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral conferences.
The Indian minister is scheduled to ship on Saturday India’s handle at UNGA, which is assembly on the theme, “A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges”.
Security Council reforms would be the high merchandise on Jaishankar’s agenda as he meets dozens of world leaders in the course of the week full of the Assembly session and a number of other occasions on the sidelines.
Council reform is predicted to get a lift in the course of the session as US President Joe Biden is to current concepts for its reform and seek the advice of with different leaders, in keeping with US Permanent Representative Linda Thomas-Greenburgh.
He can be scheduled to host a gathering of the Foreign Ministers of G4, the group made up of India, Brazil, Germany and Japan that advocate for increasing the Council and mutually help one another’s declare for a everlasting seat.
During his go to to the US, Jaishankar will even take part in conferences of Quad made up of India, Australia, Japan and the US, BRICS and a number of other different key groupings.
Commemorating the nation’s seventy fifth anniversary of Independence, the spotlight of Jaishankar’s go to will probably be an occasion on Saturday, “India@75: Showcasing India UN Partnership in Action”, on New Delhi’s cooperation with the UN and its march in the direction of the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN.
The Assembly’s high-level assembly returns to a whole in-person format after two years of the Covid pandemic with 153 heads of state or authorities, three Deputy Prime Ministers and 34 overseas ministers anticipated to take part.
Jaishankar will probably be in New York from September 18 to 24, whereas he’ll go to Washington DC from September 25 to twenty-eight, in keeping with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
After concluding his go to to New York on Saturday, he’s scheduled to go to Washington for 3 days beginning Sunday for what the External Affairs Ministry stated for “a high-level review of the multifaceted bilateral agenda and strengthen cooperation on regional and global issues to further consolidate the India-US strategic partnership”.
In Washington, Jaishsnkar is predicted to fulfill Secretary of State Antony Blinken and different senior officers of the Biden Administration. A spherical desk centered on science and know-how can be on the agenda for Washington. (ANI)