India-US Relationship Today Impacts Rest Of World: S Jaishankar

S Jaishnakar on Saturday concluded the high-level United Nations General Assembly debate in New York. The EAM was in New York from September 18 to 24.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a press briefing on Wednesday said that the relationship between India and US today impacts the rest of the world as there are a lot of countries which look to the association individually and bilaterally and hope for solutions which the world is searching for in many aspects.

"I think our relationship today impacts the rest of the world. There are a lot of countries which look to us individually and bilaterally for some part of the betterment which they hope for solutions which the world is searching for in many respects," Mr Jaishankar said during the press briefing.

Referring to the bilateral consultations between the two countries as solid, positive and productive, Mr Jaishankar underscored that the visit was very comfortable and he had some very good conversations with the Ministers in the US.

He further added that the bilateral conversations were framed under the pretext of larger global challenges and there was a very high degree of convergence as the priorities of India and the US, at times, have been different.