Jaishankar and Guterres discussed how to tackle the second and more virulent wave of Covid-19, the need to ensure vaccine access for all, climate change, security issues, peacekeeping operations, terrorism and also the situation in Afghanistan.
UNITED NATIONS â India s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has offered India s support to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his re-election during a meeting in New York at which they discussed a range of issues from Covid-19 vaccines to terrorism.
In a tweet after the meeting May 25, Jaishankar said that he told Guterres that India values his leadership and conveyed its support for his election to a second term.
The global crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic featured prominently in their discussions.
Jaishankar tweeted that they emphasized the importance of finding urgent and effective global vaccine solutions and the critical need to ramp up the vaccine supply chain to ensure greater production and fairer distribution.
New York [US], May 25 (ANI): During his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed solidarity with the Indian government and people in their efforts against the second COVID-19 wave, informed the Permanent Mission of India to UN TS Tirumurti.