Skip to main content

Jaishankar meets UNGA chief Dennis Francis on sidelines of 78th session

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met the President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly Dennis Francis and expressed confidence that the outcomes of India’s G20 Presidency would contribute to the UN General Assembly’s discourse and deliberations.

Jaishankar met Francis at the UN headquarters and thanked him for his presence at the special India-UN for Global South: Delivering for Development side event he hosted on Saturday last on the margins of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

“Began the morning by meeting @UN_PGA Dennis Francis at UN Headquarters. Welcomed his appreciation of the outcomes of India’s G20 Presidency. Confident that it would contribute to the UN General Assembly’s discourse and deliberations. Agreed on the importance of reforming multilateralism and giving the Global South its due on crucial issues of our times,” Jaishankar said in a post on X.

He also held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of Madagascar Yvette Sylla and discussed development partnership and cooperation in different areas.

“A warm meeting with our SAGAR partner, FM of Madagascar, Yvette Sylla today. Discussed development partnership, millets and rice production, digital delivery and defense cooperation,” the minister said in another post on X.

He is scheduled to meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres later on Monday.

He began his nine-day visit to the US on Friday last week, primarily to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and to host a special event on Global South.

On Sunday, Jaishankar held a series of separate bilateral meetings with his global counterparts, including from Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Armenia, on the sidelines of the high-level UN General Assembly session here, exchanging views on reforming multilateralism and cooperation in G20.



from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/PtLWMhp
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

NVIDIA To Manufacture GPUs in India? CEO Jensen Huang discusses AI with PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a long and productive meeting with Jensen Huang, the CEO of the American semiconductor giant NVIDIA. As per a tweet by the Indian Prime Minister, the two had a deep discussion about the exciting opportunities India offers in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Modi shared this news along with some pictures of their meeting on social media, saying, “Had a fantastic discussion with Mr. Jensen Huang, the CEO of @nvidia. We delved into the vast potential that India holds in the AI domain.” Had an excellent meeting with Mr. Jensen Huang, the CEO of @nvidia . We talked at length about the rich potential India offers in the world of AI. Mr. Jensen Huang was appreciative of the strides India has made in this sector and was equally upbeat about the talented youth of… pic.twitter.com/zT6Cyrmk5z — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 4, 2023 “Mr. Jensen Huang was appreciative of the strides India has made in this sector and was equally upbeat about th
Post a Comment
Read more

Almost Half of Indians Experience AI-Enabled Fake Voice Scams: McAfee Survey

About half of Indians surveyed said that they are unable to differentiate between the real and cloned voice of a person while 83 percent of the victims of voice scams have faced the loss of money, online security firm McAfee said in a report. The survey of 7,054 people was conducted in seven countries, including 1,010 respondents from India, around artificial intellig... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/akOTAt7
Post a Comment
Read more