Overview
- Jaishankar, who took part in G7 foreign ministers’ sessions in France on Thursday and Friday, put energy, fertiliser and food pressures on developing countries at the center of the talks.
- He called for urgent changes to global governance, including reform of the UN Security Council, streamlined peacekeeping and stronger humanitarian supply lines.
- Pushing resilience in trade, he promoted the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor and said India’s trade deals with the EU, EFTA and the UK make the corridor more useful.
- France said its foreign minister and Jaishankar agreed to keep close coordination to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as he stressed freedom of navigation and flagged narco‑terror risks to sea routes.
- He held a "useful" meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and met several counterparts; a Statesman report said an unnamed US official claimed President Trump seeks a Ukraine ceasefire, a claim not confirmed by official readouts.