
S Jaishankar is scheduled to meet his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock and his French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian. He is scheduled to fly to France to meet the latter. World foreign ministers are to meet at the Munich Security Conference 2022 to discuss matters of importance and current issues.
This year’s meet-up is titled ‘Turning the tide – Unlearning Helplessness’. Here transatlantic world decision-makers will express how democracy and cooperation based on liberal values can help citizens of one’s own nation and the world as one nation.
A statement released by the External Affairs Ministerial office mentioned S. Jaishankar’s itinerary. On Sunday he will meet his French counterpart and on Tuesday in the Indo-Pacific be present at the EU Ministerial Forum for Cooperation. There is a possibility to gain an audience with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
The President for Munich Security Conference Foundation, Wolfgang Ischinger confesses that it’s for the very first time MSC will be dealing, discussing and possibly coming out with successful diplomacy over several simultaneous crises. He was citing the current Ukraine crisis, Chinese border issues, European Union and China, sanctions on Iran. Since 2003 the Munich Security Conference has been witness to several successful missions. It’s an annual conclave on international security policy.
Although it is not a government body, it supports informal meet-ups for high-level diplomats and people related to the foreign offices of their respective countries. Jaishankar is scheduled to preside on a panel discussion dealing with Indo-Pacific at the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav event. This event is alongside Munich Security Conference hosted by CGI Munich and Observer Research Foundation.