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Continuing talks with China will help solve border standoff, says India

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava told a media briefing the two sides continue to maintain communication through diplomatic and military channels

India seeks to mend Bangladesh ties with coronavirus vaccine diplomacy

The new law fast-tracks Indian citizenship for non-Muslims from three neighboring nations including Bangladesh

Somebody needs to press refresh button on United Nations, says Jaishankar

The narrow representation at the leadership levels of the UN is a challenge to its credibility, said Jaishankar, while suggesting that "somebody needs to press that refresh button on the UN"

Jaishankar hopes to have serious discussions on trade issues with Biden admin

There was fairly serious negotiation between India and the Trump administration on resolving the outstanding trade issues as well as to clinch a trade deal, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said

India will meet national security challenge: Jaishankar on China border row

Jaishankar also said a lot of work had gone into developing the relationship on both sides

Foreign Minister Jaishankar speaks to Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Afghan counterpart Mohammed Haneef Atmar on bilateral development cooperation as well as Afghan peace process

Jaishankar conveys condolences on demise of Bahrain PM Prince Khalifa

S Jaishankar has conveyed condolences on behalf of the government and people of India to the Bahraini leadership on the demise of Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa

India pulled out of RCEP as concerns not addressed: EAM S Jaishankar

India pulled out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) last year as joining it would have resulted in fairly negative consequences for the country's economy, Jaishankar said

Indo-US ties will pick up where we left off, Biden no stranger: Jaishankar

Jaishankar said President-elect Biden is "not a stranger" to India or to the relationship between the two countries

Indo-China border faceoff 'cause for concern', but working on solution: EAM

The external affairs minister also referred to a number of agreements that the two countries signed to ensure peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control

Jaishankar speaking language of 70s by railing against FTAs: Chidambaram

'I must express my dismay over the speech by foreign minister... when he railed against trade agreements and praised the virtues of protectionism,' Chidambaram says

'Egregious' state-sponsored terrorism in India's neighbourhood: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar was speaking at the third edition of the Deccan Dialogue

Concerned about actions that erode trust: Jaishankar on South China Sea

Jaishankar noted that code of conduct negotiations should not be prejudicial to legitimate interests of third parties and should be fully consistent with UNCLOS

EAM Jaishankar to represent India at East Asia Summit on Saturday

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at a virtual summit of the East Asia Summit (EAS) on Saturday. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) made the announcement about Jaishankar's participation in the 15th summit of the grouping. The summit will be chaired by Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and will see participation from all the 18 EAS countries, the MEA said. The East Asia Summit is the premier forum in the Asia-Pacific region to deal with issues relating security and defence. Since its inception in 2005, it has played a significant role in the strategic, geopolitical and economic evolution of East Asia. The MEA said the summit will discuss ways and means to strengthen the EAS platform and to make it more responsive to emerging challenges on its 15th anniversary. "The leaders will also exchange views on issues of international and regional interest including the COVID-19 pandemic and the cooperation among EAS participating countries to achieve

World heading towards a new balance of power: External Affairs minister

The world is heading towards new balances of power and interests, which will manifest itself in a more multi-polar global architecture. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said

India's embrace of the Quad

Malabar naval exercises confirm the grouping is at the core of its Indo-pacific strategy

Going forward, growth must be greener, smarter, more digital: Jaishankar

Reforms undertaken in domains like labour, agriculture and education, when combined with making it easier to do business, will lead to much broader pathways for global collaboration Jaishankar said

Ties came under stress; pacts must be respected: Jaishankar on China

The ties between India and China have come under 'severe stress' and the agreements inked by both sides must be respected to restore normalcy in relations, Jaishankar said

Any attempt to unilaterally change LAC status quo unacceptable: EAM on border row with China

Amid a Sino-India border row, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the agreements between two countries must be respected scrupulously in their entirety to restore normalcy in ties

Jaishankar holds bilateral talks with Greek counterpart Dendias on trade

In a tweet, Jaishankar said the agenda of talks included respective regional situations