United States Department of State spokesperson Edward Ned Price said that Blinken met with Jaishankar to discuss how India and the US can expand technology and defence cooperation and increase food energy, and health security.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday condemned the Russian attack on Ukraine and said the conflict has taken the world back to the problems of the 20th century.
"I spoke briefly with Russian FM Lavrov today," said Blinken as he confirmed that he met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday on the sidelines of G20 in New Delhi.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting reflected the concerns of the global south and came out with an Outcome document and not a collective statement as there were differences on Ukraine issue which could not be reconciled
"We appreciate highly the responsible and worthy of great power stance that India is taking globally on all the key matters of the global agenda," he added referring to the diplomacy undertaken by India amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Highlighting that there were "issues concerning the Ukraine conflict on which there were divergences" EAM said, "The bulk of issues, we were able to get an outcome document. There was a chair summary because there were differences on the Ukraine issue which could not reconcile various par
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked for 'contact' with Foreign Minister Lavrov, during the second session of the G20 meeting they had 'contact', but there were no talks or full-fledged meetings, the Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
"India is doing a great effort to bring us together, to do the most, to allow us to express all points of view and I hope that we will all be united around peace and peace within the principles of the United Nations charter", said the Minister in response to ANI.
At a press meeting after meeting PM Narendra Modi, PM Meloni said, "India has the presidency of the G20 because I think that India can very well represent, in terms of even of leadership, represent the requirements of the countries of the global south. And we definitely do want to give a
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced the establishment of a 'Startup Bridge' between India and Italy, and said that both countries have laid special emphasis on increasing cooperation in areas like Renewable Energy, Green Hydrogen, IT, semiconductors, telecom and space.