External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets his counterparts from Sweden, Ireland
The Hindu
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets counterparts from Sweden, Ireland, Ghana to strengthen ties at Raisina Dialogue 2025.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday (March 17, 2025) met in New Delhi his counterparts from various countries including Sweden, Ireland and Ghana and discussed ways to strengthen ties.
The interactions took place on a day when the three-day Raisina Dialogue — India's premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics — began in the national capital.
Mr. Jaishankar shared the updates on his meetings in a series of posts on X.
"Started the #Raisina2025 engagements, meeting DPM & FM @tfajon of Slovenia. Appreciated her assessment, as a current UN Security Council member, of global challenges," the External Affairs Minister said after meeting Slovenian foreign minister Tanja Fajon earlier in the day.
He also met several other leaders during the course of the day, including his Swedish counterpart Maria M Stenergard and Simon Harris, Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland), Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence.
"Pleased to meet FM @MariaStenergard of Sweden this morning. Discussed deepening our engagement with the EU," Mr. Jaishankar posted on X.
"Warm greetings to Tánaiste & FM @SimonHarrisTD, the Government and People of Ireland on their National Day. My recent visit provided an opportunity to renew our bonds and strengthen our ties," he wrote in another post and also shared a photograph.
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