Overview
- At the Munich Security Conference, S. Jaishankar met G7 foreign ministers and reiterated support for the UN@80 agenda with a call for meaningful UN Security Council reform.
- He highlighted India’s operational contributions to global security, citing protection of sea lines of communication, first‑responder roles, port security, and resilient submarine‑cable infrastructure.
- Addressing the Quad, he said a leaders’ summit was never cancelled because it was never scheduled, noting continued cooperation through working mechanisms and two Foreign Ministers’ Meetings since Marco Rubio took office.
- He framed the recently concluded India‑EU FTA and the interim India‑US trade understanding as immediate priorities for economic diplomacy.
- Jaishankar also conferred with G4 counterparts on reformed multilateralism and held bilaterals in Munich, including meetings with Czech Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka, CDU/CSU leader Jens Spahn, and MSC chair Wolfgang Ischinger.