External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Prime Minister Modi on Thursday afternoon, amid mounting alarm about assaults on Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh. According to sources, if both chambers of Parliament functioned properly, Jaishankar will issue a remark on the situation soon. Massive demonstrations erupted in Bangladesh following the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna … Read more
US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar met on Wednesday and had a “productive” discussion. The Democratic presidential nominee Philip Gordon, the NSA to Vice President Kamala Harris, was also introduced to the EAM. He is one among the people named as Harris’s potential NSA. EAM Jaishankar described … Read more
In his UNGA statement on the day of the Indian Army’s 2016 surgical strikes in occupied Kashmir, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made it abundantly evident that India will respond to any action taken by Pakistan, even military ones. Minister Jaishankar’s response comes after India asked for modification of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, which … Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar heads out on a six-day tour to Saudi Arabia, Germany, and Switzerland on Sunday, with the goal of strengthening overall bilateral ties and discussing urgent regional and global issues. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, he will first go to the Saudi capital Riyadh for a two-day visit, principally … Read more