The minister touched upon six broad elements that are driving the world economy: production and consumption, connectivity and logistics, technology, demographics, values and comforts, and the architecture or framework to do business
"Pleased to meet the visiting Parliamentary delegation headed by @gerard_larcher, President of the French Senate. A fruitful discussion on the India-France strategic partnership and the convergence on so many global issues," EAM Jaishankar said in a post on X.
"My point is: just as I do not expect Europe to have a view of China that is identical to mine, Europe should understand that I cannot have a view of Russia that is identical to the European one. Let us accept that there are natural differences in relationships," he said.
In an interview with a leading German economic daily, Handelsblatt during his visit to the Munich Security Conference in Germany, EAM highlighted the infrastructural imbalance of supply chains in the world and said that the world's economic model is unstable and unfair.
Herve Delphin, European Union Ambassador to India, thanked External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for hosting them on Monday and emphasised that "TeamEurope" together with "India" can make a difference.
The discussions between the Chairman of the French Senate and Rajya Sabha Chairman Dhankhar also centred on building close economic and cultural cooperation, and warm people-to-people ties.
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles, Piyush Goyal, stated that the government's goal is to make India a fully developed nation by 2047, and that all efforts are being made in that regard.
The Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, V Muraleedharan, is set to represent India at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (FMM) in Rio de Janeiro from February 21-22.