New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Jurgen Hardt, German MP and Foreign Policy Spokesperson for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, on Friday to debate key geopolitical developments and strengthen bilateral ties.
In a put up on X, EAM Jaishankar highlighted that the trade lined main regional and international safety issues, alongside core areas of bilateral cooperation.
During the assembly, the 2 leaders deliberated on evolving conditions within the Gulf, West Asia, and the continuing battle in Ukraine, underlining a shared dedication to peace and stability. The dialogue additionally targeted on deepening high-level diplomatic engagement and increasing total strategic cooperation between India and Germany.
‘A pleasure to satisfy @juergenhardt, Foreign Policy spokesperson @cducsubt. Our dialog lined latest developments pertaining to the Gulf, West Asia, Ukraine and the Strategic Partnership,’ Jaishankar posted.
The assembly displays India’s continued effort to interact with European lawmakers and policymakers on key mutual pursuits and international safety challenges.
Earlier in February, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2026 in Germany.
‘A G-4 assembly of India, Germany, Japan and Brazil to debate reformed multilateralism. Held on the sidelines of the @MunSecConf for the primary time,’ EAM Jaishankar wrote on X.
Speaking on the Munich Security Conference, Wadephul acknowledged that, in earlier years, grouping nations primarily below the BRICS framework had led to some alienation.’Some years in the past, we first noticed these nations as being members of the BRICS, and that type of alienated us from them, and that was mistaken,’ he stated.
Wadephul added, ‘We have a number of issues in frequent with nations like India and Brazil. Why not give attention to these frequent pursuits and customary values? This is, I believe, the brand new view that Europe and Germany are placing into the work.’
According to MEA, given its key function within the EU and the energy of our bilateral relations, Germany is certainly one of India’s most essential companions in Europe. The Strategic Partnership between the 2 nations accomplished 25 years of success in 2025. EAM and Foreign MinisterJohann Wadephul launched an official emblem commemorating the twenty fifth anniversary of the Strategic Partnership in May 2025.
As the third and 4th largest economies on the planet, respectively, Germany and India share a sturdy financial and developmental partnership. Besides robust financial ties, each nations have a shared curiosity in upholding democratic values, the rules-based worldwide order and multilateralism, in addition to the reform of multilateral establishments.
Both sides have additionally acknowledged the necessity to additional deepen bilateral safety and defence cooperation to collectively deal with international safety challenges, the MEA said. (ANI)