New Delhi [India]April 24 (ANI): Foreign Minister S Jaishankar shared in a tweet on Sunday a “family connection” associating Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero with India.
The Argentine FM’s grandfather Antonio Cafiero had signed a “Jute for Wheat” agreement with India as early as 1951.
“Today, FM @SantiagoCafiero shared a family connection with India. His grandfather signed a ‘Jute for Wheat’ agreement with India in 1951. He expects to continue this tradition,” EAM Jashankar said in a tweet.
The Argentine Foreign Minister is in the national capital to take part in the Raisina dialogue, which is scheduled for April 25-27 and met earlier today with EAM Jaishankar at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
The two counterparts discussed a wide range of bilateral issues during the meeting, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, electronics, e-mobility, defense and nuclear energy.
“A productive meeting with FM @SantiagoCafiero from Argentina during his first visit to India. Discussed expanding our bilateral trade and cooperating in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, electronics, e-mobility, defense energy. Will work closely in the G20 and multilateral fora,” he said. Jaishankar in a tweet.
Earlier today, Jaishankar also held bilateral meetings with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and Philippine Foreign Minister Teddy Locsin Jr.
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will also visit India on April 25-27, the Polish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. This will be the first visit by a Polish foreign minister to India in nine years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the seventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue on April 25, Foreign Ministry (MEA) spokeswoman Arindam Bagchi said during the MEA’s weekly meeting on Thursday.
The dialogue, which will take place over three days from 25 April to 27 April, will witness the participation of EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen as the main guest.
The Raisina Dialogue 2022, based on the theme “Terranova- passionate, impatient, imperilled”, will be modeled on six thematic pillars – Rethinking Democracy: trade, technology and ideology; The end of multilateralism: a networked global order; Water bodies: turbulent tides in the Indo-Pacific region; Communities Inc: first responders to health, development and the planet; Achieving green transitions: common imperative, divergent reality; Samson vs. Goliath: the persistent and relentless wars of technology.
Launched in 2016, Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. The conference is organized by MEA in collaboration with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
The conference will most likely be attended by Sweden’s former Prime Minister Carl Bildt, Canada’s former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Maldives former President Mohamed Nasheed and Australia’s former Prime Minister Anthony Abbott. (ANI)
Source: sn.dk