EAM S Jaishankar meets UNGA President, reiterates India's commitment to multilateralism
Jaishankar, in New York for the high-level UN General Assembly session, began his hectic diplomatic week with a series of bilateral and multilateral engagements on the sidelines of the high-level session
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reiterated India's deep commitment to multilateralism during his meeting with the President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Korosi "discussed the criticality" of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda for global progress.
Official sources said that while issues such as UN reform and inter-governmental negotiations are more closely associated with the office of the President of the General Assembly, for India it is important that Korosi has a strong social development commitment, with a focus on issues important for India as well as for the developing countries and global South.
Sources added that India believes that the global agenda should focus much more on the genuine, pressing needs of the international community, which currently are energy security concerns, food security concerns, fertilizer and health concerns, debt concerns and trade disruption concerns.
The sources stressed that there is a growing sense in the world that these issues are not getting their fair share of attention and expressed hope that the new UN PGA would focus on such issues.Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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