On Friday the Ministry of External Affairs informed that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Pakistan for the upcoming SCO summit, to be held in Pakistan on October 15 and 16. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal while addressing a media brief on the ever evolving situation in the West Asia, said, ‘We issued a statement a few days back expressing deep concern, we said that the violence and the situation is of deep concern for us. We had reiterated a call for restraint by all concerned and also the protection of civilians. It is important in our opinion that this conflict doesn’t take a wider regional dimension’.
Randhir Jaiswal added, ‘As of now, from Israel, Iran and other countries, flights are running so people have the option if they want to leave. Families have reached out to us and to our embassies, but at this point, we don’t have any evacuation process going on. We have around 3,000 people in Lebanon, mostly in Beirut’. He further added, ‘In Iran, we have around 10,000 people, around 5,000 of them are students. In Israel, we have around 30,000 people largely caregivers and workers’ .
#WATCH | MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, "President of the Republic of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu will be travelling to India on a state visit from 7th to 10th October 2024. This will be his first bilateral visit to India. He had earlier visited India, in June 2024 to attend… pic.twitter.com/SwydGCxfeO
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2024
‘President of the Republic of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu will be travelling to India on a state visit from 7th to 10th October 2024. This will be his first bilateral visit to India. He had earlier visited India, in June 2024 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the PM and council of ministers. During his visit, he will also be in Bengaluru and Mumbai where he will have business engagements’, said Randhir Jaiswal.
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Wednesday and discussed bilateral cooperation. In a post on X, Jaishankar said, ‘A great meeting with NSA @JakeSullivan46. As always, a productive conversation on bilateral cooperation and good insights into global politics’.
Jaishankar also met Assistant to the US President and National Security Advisor to US Vice President, Phil Gordon. Sharing details about his meeting with Gordon, Jaishankar in a post on X said, ‘Good to see @PhilGordon46 during my Washington visit. Appreciated the conversation on our bilateral ties and various global developments’. Gordon said that he and Jaishankar took stock of important progress made in the bilateral ties, including growing defence and technology cooperation.
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