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Jaishankar Says India Can Meet Challenges in Turbulent Global Age
S. Jaishankar said the world is going through a time of big changes and uncertainty.
He pointed to conflicts and changing tariffs as some of the challenges.
He also said energy, food and fertilisers need to be part of India’s planning.
Jaishankar said India has faced difficult situations before, including Covid.
He believes India can meet the challenges ahead.
He said countries should use dialogue and diplomacy to address the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
He also said the United Nations is stuck and that some countries are resisting reforms.
Jaishankar added that the Global South expects India to speak up on the world stage.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar described the world as entering a turbulent and volatile age of flux.
He cited conflicts, other frictions, non-market pressures and tariff volatility as sources of uncertainty.
Speaking at the fifth Kautilya Economic Conclave, he said India had faced challenges including Covid and current conflicts.
Jaishankar said India must plan and respond to challenges involving energy, food and fertilisers, and expressed confidence it would succeed.
He said the Global South expects India to speak on the world stage, backed dialogue on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and called the UN gridlocked.
- Who
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, speaking with former Singapore foreign minister George Yong Boon Yeo.
- What
- Jaishankar discussed global uncertainty, India’s challenges, the Global South, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and UN reform.
- Where
- The fifth Kautilya Economic Conclave in New Delhi.
- When
- Monday, October 5, during the closing session of the three-day conclave; the report does not state the year.
- Why
- Jaishankar was responding to a question about challenges ahead amid geopolitical uncertainty.
Key facts
- Event
- Fifth Kautilya Economic Conclave
- Event theme
- “Resilience in an Age of Flux”
- Session
- Closing session of the three-day conclave
- Global concerns cited
- Conflicts, other frictions, non-market pressures and tariff volatility
- Challenges for India
- Energy, food and fertilisers
- Russia-Ukraine conflict
- Jaishankar said dialogue and diplomacy are the way forward
- UN
- Jaishankar described the organisation as gridlocked and said some countries resist reform
Quotes
S. Jaishankar
India’s External Affairs Minister
“We know that this is going to be an age of flux, as you call it. And it is going to be turbulent and volatile, with uncertainties. We are seeing two major conflicts; we are seeing other frictions. As I said, there is the pressure of non-market factors; there is tariff volatility.”
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“The challenges of energy, food, fertilisers… We need to factor them into our thinking, plan and respond – that in a sense is the task before us. And I’m very confident that we will rise to the challenge.”
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