ASEAN summit: Jaishankar discusses Ukraine battle with Blinken

The assembly between the highest diplomats of the 2 international locations happened 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 good meeting with US Secretary of State @SecBlinken. Discussed Ukraine, Indo-Pacific, energy, G20 and bilateral relations,” Jaishankar stated in a tweet, indicating the matters he mentioned with Blinken.

“I met Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar on the margins of the @ASEAN summit today in Phnom Penh to discuss ongoing efforts to expand our partnership & mitigate the effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The U.S. supports India’s #G20 Presidency,” Blinken tweeted.

Jaishankar’s assembly with Blinken happened after his assembly with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday and talks with Ukraine foriegn minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday right here.
US National Security 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 wanting ahead to seeing Prime Minister Modi on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali.

“I would point out Prime Minister Modi has already been to the White House since President Biden took office, and the two of them have had the opportunity to meet in person multiple times and to talk by phone and on video multiple times,” he advised reporters on the White House on Thursday.

He stated the 2 leaders see frequent pursuits on quite a few important points and have actually labored collectively to strengthen the US-India partnership.

“When you add all that up, it is a productive, very practical relationship,” Sullivan stated.

“President Biden is looking forward to seeing Prime Minister Modi at the G20 this year, as we look ahead to the next year,” 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 have to be resolved by way of diplomacy and dialogue.

Since the Ukraine battle started in February, Prime Minister Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin in addition to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy quite a few instances.

In a telephone dialog with Zelenskyy on October 4, Modi stated that there could be “no military solution” 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 advised him that “today’s era is not of war”.

In the previous few 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.

“Always nice to catch up with DPM & FM Don Pramudwinai of Thailand. Discussed our shared regional concerns and the strengthening partnership with ASEAN,” he tweeted.

“Met Canadian colleagues Trade Minister @mary_ng and FM @melaniejoly at the ASEAN gala dinner. All for greater trade and strategic convergence, while countering terrorism and opposing radicalization,” he stated in one other tweet.

Jaishankar on Saturday mentioned a variety of points along with his counterparts from Canada, Indonesia and Singapore.