Geneva. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has strongly attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Geneva. While interacting with the Indian community in Geneva, Jaishankar said, “Some people say why are we importing so much from China. In the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, governments ignored manufacturing. Now people want to find a solution to this. People said that we are incompetent and we should not try. How can you be a major power in the world without strong manufacturing. This requires hard work and good policies. ‘Life is not a breeze, life is hard work’. This is my message to you, we have to work hard.
It is worth noting that India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar left for a three-nation visit from Sunday. He went on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, Germany and Switzerland between 8 and 13 September. Foreign Minister Jaishankar visited Riyadh on Sunday and attended the first India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers’ meeting there. During the two-day visit, he held bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of GCC member countries.
The Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement saying that India and the GCC have deep and multifaceted relations in many areas including political, trade, investment, energy cooperation, cultural and people-to-people relations. The GCC region has emerged as a major trading partner for India and around 89 lakh Indian expatriate community lives here. The meeting of foreign ministers will be an opportunity to review and deepen institutional cooperation between India and the GCC in various fields.
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In the second leg of the tour, Jaishankar visited Berlin on 10 September on a two-day visit, which was his third bilateral visit to Germany. In the last leg of his tour, Jaishankar visited Geneva. The Ministry of External Affairs said that during his visit to Switzerland, Jaishankar met the heads and representatives of international organizations with which India is actively engaged. The Foreign Minister also met the Foreign Minister of Switzerland to review the close partnership between the two countries and explore opportunities to further enhance bilateral relations.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : September 13, 2024, 19:32 IST