A German chancellor has agreed with Indian External Minister, S. Jaishankar’s comments about the ‘European mindset’
A year-old comment of S. Jaishankar is coming into the limelight at a conference in Germany where a German chancellor has agreed with the Indian External Minister’s comment about the ‘European mindset’.
Last year, during the 17th edition of the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum in Slovakia, foreign minister Jaishankar replied to a question on India’s stand in the Russia-Ukraine war, and said, “Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe’s problems are the world’s problems, but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems”.
German chancellor, Olaf Scholz quoted the minister’s comment during the Munich Security Conference and that the minister has a ‘point’.
Scholz said, “This quote from the Indian Foreign Minister is included in this year’s Munich Security Report and he has a point it wouldn’t be Europe’s problem alone if the law of the strong were to assert itself in international relations”.
Recently, the foreign minister spoke about the changes in geopolitical equations across the world and said that the US is aware of its limitations and has changed its mindset as it is now ready to work with like-minded allies.
Owing to the emergence of a multipolar world, the economic cycles and financial market trends are becoming less US-centric and more multipolar in nature.
“The capacities of some countries are not what they used to be. I particularly refer here to the United States,” he said.
Jaishankar said while addressing the Raisina@Sydney event.
