External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday emphasised the strong bilateral ties between India and Portugal and said that there are numerous regional and global issues where their exchange would be mutually beneficial.
"He (Vikram Misri) also reiterated India's willingness to build a positive and constructive relationship with Bangladesh based on mutual trust and respect, and mutual sensitivity..." Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Jaiswal noted that it will be President Dissanayake's first visit to India after the recently concluded presidential and parliamentary polls in Sri Lanka. Jaiswal said that Anura Kumara Dissanayake will participate in business event in Delhi.
In his opening remarks at the 15th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting in Delhi on Friday, Jaishankar called JCM an important mechanism for two nations to discuss the entire gamut of growing bilateral ties.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday expressed concern over the treatment of Hindus in Bangladesh amidst the ongoing crisis in the country.
While speaking in Lok Sabha on Friday, Jaishankar said that India has made it very clear it is for the Pakistani side to show that they are changing their behaviour of the past and if they don't, it will have implications for the bilateral ties and for them.
Jaishankar said that the understanding envisages that Indian security forces would be going to all the patrolling points in Depsang and would be going to the eastward limit which has India's patrolling limit in that part.
Answering the questions raised during the Lok Sabha session, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar answered the question posed by Congress MP Manish Tewari on the effectiveness of India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy.
Jaishankar called the Strategic Dialogue an "effective platform" that helps translate leadership guidance into reality. He said that he looked forward to co-chairing the Joint Commission meeting today.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Both leaders held the 4th India-UAE Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi.