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EAM Jaishankar addresses Indian community in Spain
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has emphasised the India's positioning in the world today. He said that all the countries seeing the situation in the world think that having good ties is in the interest of many nations.
While addressing an Indian community event in Spain on Tuesday, Jaishankar said that India has taken its slogan of 'sabka saath, sabka vikas and sabka vishwas' to the world. He said that world wants to understand India's positioning and ideas.
Jaishankar said, "I come back to the invitation that I got, when a foreign ministry and ambassadors of another country ask you to come and speak to them, it is worth thinking, why is that so and my sense is there are three reasons today, one - India's positioning today is very important that all countries in the world today, seeing the situation of the world today, think that having good ties with India is in the interest of many, many countries. So, they want to understand our positioning. The second is our capabilities. They feel that this Bharat is new Bharat. Our economy is at fifth position."
"Everyone says India will reach the third spot in few years. You all will remember, 10 years back, we were at 10th or 11th position. World recognises the pace at which progress is happening in India today. So, first is positioning and second is capabilities. And the third is actually our ideas, that India is today seen as contributing to a global conversation. That when the world is looking at many, many challenges, somewhere on different issues, we get some ideas, some initiatives. And if you want to hear about that, I would like to explain a little bit about that. So, let me say a few words about the positioning," he added.
He recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia and Ukraine in 2024. He stated PM Modi is able to speak to both Isral and Iran. He said that India is in a position to be members of both Quad and BRICS.
Highlighting India's position, Jaishankar said, "There are very few countries today who are in a position to talk to Russia and to Ukraine. You must have seen last year, Prime Minister Modi went to Russia twice, and travelled to Kyiv, Ukraine. Who are in a position to talk to Israel and Iran and PM Modi is able to do both. Who are in a position to be members of Quad and be members of BRICS."
"So, this is something which is actually very, very unique. And it is unique because if you look at the world today, there are so many tensions in the world, war is also happening at two places. It is a very polarized world. So in a polarized world, if there is a country, which we used to say in India, 'sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas'. We are actually able to take it into the world as well and that is something which slowly, slowly other nations have started to understand and to value. But, it doesn't have to be only a conflict," he added.
He also mentioned about India's efforts to include African Union as a member of G20 under its presidency. He also talked about the help India extended to the world in the time of COVID-19 pandemic, which included vaccines.
Jaishankar said, "Under our presidency, G20 which is a forum of the world's top 20 economies. Spain's representatives arealso present at its meetings. Now, many countries have led G20. We were the one country which was able to actually get G20 to accept African Union as a member, which had been tried for many years. But others somehow did not push it or were not able to persuade. So we were able to persuade. Again, you know, you people will remember the time of COVID. Now, when we look at COVID, everybody says, at least we got saved, we got out of it somehow. Everybody thought, I got out of it and we understand it's natural. But we are one of the few countries where, if you go around the world, there are 100 countries, 99 countries in the world who say, if I got my vaccine, it was because of India."
