Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken right here on Sunday and mentioned bilateral ties, the raging Ukraine battle, vitality points, G20 and the scenario within the Indo-Pacific, days forward of a attainable assembly between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden.
The assembly between the highest diplomats of the 2 international locations came about on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Summit right here within the Cambodian capital.
Jaishankar is accompanying Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who’s main the Indian delegation to the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the seventeenth East Asia Summit right here.
Jaishankar and Blinken met days forward of a possible bilateral between Prime Minister Modi and President Biden on the margins of the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia from November 15-16.
“A great assembly with US Secretary of State @SecBlinken. Mentioned Ukraine, Indo-Pacific, vitality, G20 and bilateral relations,” Jaishankar stated in a tweet, indicating the subjects he mentioned with Blinken.
“I met Indian Exterior Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar on the margins of the @ASEAN summit right this moment in Phnom Penh to debate ongoing efforts to develop our partnership & mitigate the consequences of Russia’s warfare on Ukraine. The U.S. helps India’s #G20 Presidency,” Blinken tweeted.
Jaishankar’s assembly with Blinken came about after his assembly with Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday and talks with Ukraine foriegn minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday right here.
US Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan has stated that President Biden and Prime Minister Modi have a productive and really sensible relationship.
Sullivan stated that President Biden was trying ahead to seeing Prime Minister Modi on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali.
“I’d level out Prime Minister Modi has already been to the White Home since President Biden took workplace, and the 2 of them have had the chance to satisfy in particular person a number of occasions and to speak by telephone and on video a number of occasions,” he instructed reporters on the White Home on Thursday.
He stated the 2 leaders see frequent pursuits on a variety of crucial points and have actually labored collectively to strengthen the US-India partnership.
“If you add all that up, it’s a productive, very sensible relationship,” Sullivan stated.
“President Biden is trying ahead to seeing Prime Minister Modi on the G20 this 12 months, as we stay up for the following 12 months,” he stated.
India will maintain the presidency of the G20 subsequent 12 months and there’s a risk of a US presidential go to to the nation.
India has not but condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been sustaining that the disaster should be resolved by diplomacy and dialogue.
For the reason that Ukraine battle started in February, Prime Minister Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin in addition to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a variety of occasions.
In a telephone dialog with Zelenskyy on October 4, Modi stated that there could be “no navy answer” and that India is able to contribute to any peace efforts.
At a bilateral assembly with Putin within the Uzbek metropolis of Samarkand on September 16, Modi instructed him that “right this moment’s period just isn’t of warfare”.
In the previous couple of months, India has elevated the import of discounted crude oil from Russia however growing disquiet over it by a number of Western powers.
In Phnom Penh, Jaishankar met UN chief Antonio Guterres on the finish of the ASEAN gala dinner on Saturday.
Jaishankar held additionally talks along with his counterpart from Thailand Don Pramudwinai.
“At all times good to meet up with DPM & FM Don Pramudwinai of Thailand. Mentioned our shared regional considerations and the strengthening partnership with ASEAN,” he tweeted.
“Met Canadian colleagues Commerce Minister @mary_ng and FM @melaniejoly on the ASEAN gala dinner. All for higher commerce and strategic convergence, whereas countering terrorism and opposing radicalization,” he stated in one other tweet.
Jaishankar on Saturday mentioned a spread of points along with his counterparts from Canada, Indonesia and Singapore.