Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat turned politician who is serving as the current Minister of External Affairs in the Government of India since 31 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also a Member of Indian Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, who has been elected from Gujarat. He has previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.
India on Wednesday described terrorism as the "single biggest threat" not only to international peace and security, but also to development and said the world community cannot afford selective.. IndiaTimes - Published
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that by the time he visited the US after abrogation of Article 370 provisions, it was the "English-speaking liberal media" that posed a much more.. IndiaTimes - Published
Amid concerns over trade issues between India and the US, external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday expressed confidence that the two countries have an "extremely strong" relationship and can.. IndiaTimes - Published
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday welcomed the opening of the Jaffna International Airport in Sri Lanka and congratulated Air India for inaugural flight to the island nation's northern.. IndiaTimes - Published
A legislator from Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur Alok Chaturvedi on Thursday sought help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to repatriate the mortal remains.. DNA - Published
The meeting was attended by five ministers -- home minister Amit Shah, external affairs minister S Jaishankar, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and minister of state for commerce and.. IndiaTimes - Published
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, in a weekly press conference, said that the talks will revolve around trade and connectivity, development cooperation, people to people contact,.. IndiaTimes - Published
During the conversation with the journalists at a session of the World Economic Forum, Jaishankar also says that the Kashmir issue did come up in meetings with the US DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
In an obvious reference to Pakistan, foreign minister S Jaishankar on Friday said India's neighbourhood "minus one" had been a "fairly good story" for regional cooperation. Explaining India's.. IndiaTimes - Published
"I would say the entire neighbourhood, minus one, had actually been a fairly good story of regional cooperation," Jaishankar said in reference to Pakistan. Responding to a question at a session of the.. IndiaTimes - Published
"On Afghanistan and Pakistan, I've had conversations with the Americans in Washington and otherwise on Afghanistan. Obviously, a lot of that stays with me. But my overall impression is that — I mean,.. IndiaTimes - Published
Describing the abrogation of article 370 as a "long awaited" step and the "right thing" to do, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said it is expected from Pakistan to pull out all.. IndiaTimes - Published
With India emerging as a powerful nation on the global stage and experts and analysts probing which way it would tilt, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said the largest democracy.. IndiaTimes - Published
ndia needs the S-400 'Triumf' missile defence system and has apprised the Trump administration of its decision to acquire them from Russia, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said, exuding.. IndiaTimes - Published
"I don't agree with you that Iranians are disappointed. I think Iranians are realists. There is a larger global situation in which they are operating, we are operating. In the world that I inhabit, we.. IndiaTimes - Published
India shares a historical relationship with Afghanistan, but should not advance prescriptions at the moment on the efforts to bring peace in the war-torn country, external affairs minister S Jaishankar.. IndiaTimes - Published
Jaishankar made his appreciation known for the Chinese parade a day after the country held its biggest march showcasing its might in celebration of 70 years of Communist party rule. IndiaTimes - Published
"If you have... a United Nations where the most populous country in the world — may be in 15 years — with the third largest economy is not in the decision making of the United Nations, I grant you,.. IndiaTimes - Published
India and US have experienced dramatic changes in their relationship in the last two decades, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said, asserting bilateral ties between the nations are on a roll and.. IndiaTimes - Published
"I am reasonably convinced of the power of my persuasion. It would be my hope that people understand why this particular transaction is important for us," said the confident minister. DNA - Published
Quite apart from the Mahatma Gandhi-Martin Luther King symbolism that will pervade the event, Jaishankar’s appearance with Pelosi will be a way of balancing the politics which is perceived to have.. IndiaTimes - Published
Jaishankar made the comments after he met Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in Washington DC. Both the ministers held wide-ranging discussions on bilateral issues including trade. DNA - Published
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at PM on Tuesday for his "Abki Baar Trump Sarkar" remark at the "Howdy, Modi!" event, saying it reflected his "incompetence", which had caused serious problems with.. IndiaTimes - Published
Stating that India has a non-partisan stand in US domestic politics, Jaishankar said, "PM Modi with his remark 'Ab Ki baar Trump Sarkar' only referred to what Trump had himself said during his 2016.. DNA - Published
Categorically rejecting any scope for third party mediation between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said India's stand has been clear for decades and the two.. IndiaTimes - Published
Asserting India's non-partisan stand to domestic American politics, S Jaishankar on Monday said PM Modi used the term "Abki baar, Trump sarkar", merely referring to what the US president had used to.. IndiaTimes - Published
"We have always maintained that what we buy — the sourcing of military equipment — is very much a sovereign right," Foreign minister S Jaishankar told reporters ahead of a meeting with secretary of.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Ours is really not just a story of missed opportunities but also of deliberate obstacles. Terrorism is among them. In our view, elimination of terrorism in all its forms is a precondition not only for.. IndiaTimes - Published
Jaishankar says that many restrictions have been rolled back, landlines and some mobile towers have been restored and economic activity has resumed DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
Hitting out at Pakistan, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said India cannot talk to a very challenging neighbour that conducts terrorism as a "legitimate tool of statecraft" to put pressure.. IndiaTimes - Published
Hitting out at Pakistan, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said India cannot talk to a "very challenging" neighbour that conducts terrorism as a legitimate tool of statecraft to put pressure.. IndiaTimes - Published
"We had the experience of 2016 when a self-advertised terrorist cult figure called Burhan Wani was killed and after that, there was a spike in violence. Our intention was to manage the situation (post.. IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA
"I don't accept that secularism is under threat in India," the External affairs minister said during a conference at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) here. "At the end of the day," he added,.. IndiaTimes - Published
China had earlier expressed concerns over India's step to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian constitution. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
"My first point I would make is there is a big attitudinal shift on climate change, in India. And until a few years ago people looked at climate change as something that was a growing awareness,".. IndiaTimes - Published
India has no problem talking to Pakistan but it has a problem talking to “Terroristan”, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said in New York, asserting that Islamabad has created an entire.. IndiaTimes - Published
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