Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 11 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs, MoS Pabitra Margherita, held interactions with the highest brass of the US and Japan amongst the leaders he met on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit going down in Malaysia.
Taking it to X, MoS Margherita expressed delight upon assembly the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
He mentioned, ‘Delighted to satisfy US Secretary of State @secrubio on the sidelines of the fifteenth East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.’
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MoS Margherita additionally met Japan’s Foreign Minister, Takeshi Iwaya, on the sidelines of the Summit.
‘Glad to satisfy H.E. Takeshi Iwaya, Foreign Minister of Japan, on the sidelines of the fifteenth East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’, he wrote on X.
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Thanking Timor-Leste for its help to India within the combat in opposition to terrorism, MoS Margherita underscored the continued bilateral cooperation for additional strengthening of ties.
He mentioned, ‘ Happy to have met Bendito Freitas, Foreign Minister of Timor-Leste, within the margins of ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur right now. Discussed ongoing bilateral cooperation for additional strengthening the Delhi-Dili partnership. Thanked Timor-Leste for solidarity with India in its combat in opposition to terrorism’.
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He additionally prolonged due to Cambodia for supporting India’s combat in opposition to terrorism and mentioned the multifaceted partnership.
‘Delighted to have a gathering with H.E. PRAK Sokhonn, Dy. PM and Foreign Minister of Cambodia on the sidelines of ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Malaysia. Discussed our multifaceted bilateral relations starting from heritage conservation to improvement partnership. Also mentioned my current go to to Cambodia throughout which I had quite a few productive engagements. Thanked Cambodia for its help in India’s combat in opposition to terrorism’, MoS Margherita mentioned on X.
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The high-level interactions with the US and Japanese leaders come shortly after External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar had met them throughout the QUAD Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Washington, DC earlier this month.
The Foreign ministers of the Quad nations met in Washington, DC, on July 1 to reaffirm their steadfast dedication to a free and open Indo-Pacific. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong expressed concern concerning the state of affairs within the East China Sea and South China Sea.
The 4 leaders had reiterated their robust opposition to any unilateral actions that try to alter the established order by drive or coercion.
Foreign Ministers expressed concern relating to harmful and provocative actions, together with interference with offshore useful resource improvement, the repeated obstruction of the freedoms of navigation and overflight, and the damaging manoeuvres by army plane and coast guard and maritime militia vessels, particularly the unsafe use of water cannons and ramming or blocking actions within the South China Sea.
The Quad members had unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its varieties, the Joint Statement from the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting acknowledged. The members, referring to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault, known as for the perpetrators to be dropped at justice.
The fifteenth East Asia Summit (EAS) occurred in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
The Meeting reviewed ongoing EAS cooperation and mentioned its future route, whereas additionally exchanging views on regional and worldwide developments.
Speaking to the Press on the sidelines of the assembly, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the go to. He underscored that the US is the primary supply of international direct funding in Southeast Asia. ‘We’re not abandoning any of that, nor are we abandoning these robust bilateral ties that we’ve with many of those international locations, a few of which return a long time and a long time’.
In his remarks, he highlighted, ‘It’s been an excellent go to . It’s exceeded all of our expectations’. (ANI)