India-China Relations: The 60th Munich Security Conference was organized in Germany. Veteran leaders from all over the world arrived to participate in this conference. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived from India’s side to participate in it. At the same time, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi had also reached Munich. During this time both of them also met. The meeting between Jaishankar and Wang Yi is also special because both the leaders met each other during the ongoing tension between India and China on the border.
At the Munich Security Conference (MSC), Foreign Minister Jaishankar said that India’s relations with western countries are very strong. Relations are getting better with each passing day. The External Affairs Minister was speaking on the topic ‘Growing the Pie: Seizing Shared Opportunities’. During this time, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock were also present. The US Secretary of State also talked about the relations between India and America here.
#WATCH , External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi engage in a brief interaction on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
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When the Chinese Foreign Minister himself came to meet Jaishankar
At the same time, when the Munich Security Conference concluded, all the leaders were meeting each other. Then something happened that surprised everyone. In fact, when China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was making statements against India, caught sight of Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar, he himself started moving towards him. Wang Yi came down from the stage and moved towards Jaishankar. Both of them shook hands with each other and then started chatting.
When Jaishankar and Wang Yi were meeting, cameras of foreign media surrounded them. Both the leaders talked to each other for a long time. He was also seen giving a fist bump. However, no information has been received about what happened between the two. This meeting between Jaishankar and Wang has taken place at a time when China is showing its aggression on the border. India is also deployed on the border with full preparation to foil every move of China.
Discussion on BRICS challenge for the West
The rise of BRICS was also discussed in the conference, in which both China and India are included. Answering a question related to this, Jaishankar said that the West feels that BRICS is a challenge for it, but we have to differentiate between being non-West and anti-West. I certainly see India as a country which is non-Western…which has very strong relations with Western countries which are getting better day by day.
