NEW DELHI: As the election race heats up in US, India’s external affair minister weighed in and reiterated that New Delhi is prepared to work with Washington, regardless of who reaches the oval office.
Referring to last 2o years of relationship between the two democracies, the EAM said, “We have every confidence that we will be able to work with the president of the United States, whoever he or she will be.”
“Generally, we don’t comment on other people’s elections because we also hope others don’t comment on us.But the American system will throw up its verdict. And, I’m not saying this just as a formality, but if you look over the last 20-odd years, maybe a little bit more for us, we have every confidence that we will be able to work with the president of the United States, whoever he or she will be,” the EAM said at the launch of Indian diaspora’s impact report in Delhi.
“I’m an optimistic person and generally tend to think of solutions to problems rather than the problems that come out of solutions,” he said, adding that the world is going through a “exceptionally difficult period”.
He added that it would be a very grim forecast for the next five years.
The foreign minister also referred to the Russia-Ukraine and the Israel- Hamas war, which has shown no signs of dying down.
“You have what you see happening in the Middle East, what you see happening in Ukraine, what you see happening in Southeast Asia, East Asia, the continued impact of the COVID which those of us who have come out of it take for granted, but many have not come out of it,” the EAM said.
Further pointing at the economic challenges worldwide, EAM said that many countries are struggling today.
“The kind of economic challenges which you see in the world, you see more and more countries struggling. You know, their trade is getting difficult, facing foreign exchange shortages, so, you know, disruptions of various kinds,” he said.
Jaishankar further went on and mentioned that in today’ s world, climate events are also globally causing disruptive consequences.
“What was happening in the Red Sea, climate events which are no longer just news. I mean, they have globally disruptive consequences, and sometimes entire regions of countries being basically made dysfunctional,” he said.
Referring to last 2o years of relationship between the two democracies, the EAM said, “We have every confidence that we will be able to work with the president of the United States, whoever he or she will be.”
“Generally, we don’t comment on other people’s elections because we also hope others don’t comment on us.But the American system will throw up its verdict. And, I’m not saying this just as a formality, but if you look over the last 20-odd years, maybe a little bit more for us, we have every confidence that we will be able to work with the president of the United States, whoever he or she will be,” the EAM said at the launch of Indian diaspora’s impact report in Delhi.
“I’m an optimistic person and generally tend to think of solutions to problems rather than the problems that come out of solutions,” he said, adding that the world is going through a “exceptionally difficult period”.
He added that it would be a very grim forecast for the next five years.
The foreign minister also referred to the Russia-Ukraine and the Israel- Hamas war, which has shown no signs of dying down.
“You have what you see happening in the Middle East, what you see happening in Ukraine, what you see happening in Southeast Asia, East Asia, the continued impact of the COVID which those of us who have come out of it take for granted, but many have not come out of it,” the EAM said.
Further pointing at the economic challenges worldwide, EAM said that many countries are struggling today.
“The kind of economic challenges which you see in the world, you see more and more countries struggling. You know, their trade is getting difficult, facing foreign exchange shortages, so, you know, disruptions of various kinds,” he said.
Jaishankar further went on and mentioned that in today’ s world, climate events are also globally causing disruptive consequences.
“What was happening in the Red Sea, climate events which are no longer just news. I mean, they have globally disruptive consequences, and sometimes entire regions of countries being basically made dysfunctional,” he said.