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S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs on Wednesday, attended a virtual meeting with the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers fearing possible COVID-exposure. The withdrawal from a face-to-face meeting was decided in the wake of two Indian delegation ministers testing positive for COVID 19 in London.
External affairs minister joined foreign ministers of other countries on a video link where they deliberated on ensuring fairer access to vaccine stock and increasing support for COVAX, a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
Vaccines and a diverse product line are the global answers to the raging Covid-19 pandemic, and India will play a role in achieving those goals, said External Affairs Minister Jaishankar on Wednesday. The external affairs minister also stressed the dire need for transparency in these situations where geopolitics is undergoing a phase of transition in the wake of the Global Pandemic. The only long-term solution to the COVI
Dominic Raab, Jaishankar discuss 2030 UK-India Roadmap
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07 May 2021, 06:55 GMT+10
London [UK], May 7 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (local time) discussed the ways to boost trade, create jobs and reinforce maritime and cyber security cooperation through 2030 UK-India Roadmap.
After a meeting with Jaishankar, Raab tweeted: Great to meet virtually with @DrSJaishankar and discuss how 2030 UK-India Roadmap will boost trade, create jobs and reinforce maritimecyber security cooperation. As @BorisJohnson and @narendramodi set out this week, we are strengthening the friendship between UK-India. Meanwhile, Jaishankar said in a tweet: Just concluded the bilateral Foreign Ministers Meeting with British counterpart @DominicRaab. Focussed on our responsibility for implementing the 2030 Roadmap. Confident that we will see early progress on many fronts. In a subsequent tweet, Jaishankar wrote, Also explored our strategic co
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at G7 foreign ministers meeting (Credit: S Jaishankar/Twitter)
Committed to delivering on the Modi-Johnson vision of bilateral ties: Jaishankar ANI | Updated: May 05, 2021 23:35 IST
London [UK], May 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday assured British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson that he and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will take forward the 2030 Roadmap. Very good of PM Boris Johnson to reach out between the G7 sessions. Assured him that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and I will take forward the 2030 Roadmap. Committed to delivering on the Modi-Johnson vision of our ties, the minister said in a tweet.
G7 foreign minister discuss anti-Russia and China agenda amid global pandemic
Foreign ministers from the G7 nations the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada met in London this week ahead of the full G7 summit this June. The event made clear that the meeting next month will be used to strengthen an anti-Russia and anti-China axis, led by the US.
Britain is using its position as host this year to confirm its wholehearted commitment to President Joe Biden’s aggressive foreign policy and push other nations, especially the European powers, to adopt the same stance.
On Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab held a joint press conference. Raab declared that the two countries stand “shoulder to shoulder” and Blinken hailed their “special relationship”, saying the US had “no closer ally, no closer partner”. Blinken met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday and discussed “the close alignment between U