ASEAN summit: Jaishankar meets leaders from Russia, EU, South Korea, Türkiye

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets leaders from various nations at ASEAN summit for bilateral collaboration discussions.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on July 27 held a meeting with leaders from several nations, including Russia, the European Union, Türkiye, South Korea, Singapore, Brunei, and New Zealand and discussed various aspects of bilateral collaboration with them on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, which is taking place in the capital of the Laos People's Democratic Republic.

Mr. Jaishankar met his Hakan Fidan, his counterpart from Türkiye, and the two leaders discussed bilateral ties and exchanged views on regional and global issues.

In a post on X, Mr. Jaishankar said that discussed bilateral ties and exchanged views on regional and global issues with his Turkish counterpart on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in Vientiane.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a post on X, noted that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Mr. Jaishankar met on the sidelines of the event, attaching a picture of the two ministers.

Mr. Jaishankar also held a bilateral meeting with his counterpart from South Korea and had a wide-ranging conversation on Special Strategic Partnership. “Our shared convergences in the Indo-Pacific region is also opening new avenues of cooperation,” he posted on X.

He also met the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission. In a post on X, he said they discussed ways that India and the European Union could augment partnership in trade, clean energy transition and advanced technologies. “Exchanged perspectives on regional and global issues. Thank HRVP Borrell for his friendship and staunch support for strengthening India-EU ties,” he said in the post.

He also met and had great conversations with his counterpart and "dear friend" from Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan. "Great conversation with dear friend FM @VivianBala of Singapore. Thank Singapore for steering ASEAN-India relations in the last three years as Country Coordinator. We spoke about creating a new agenda for our bilateral ties. Also appreciated his thoughts on the current geopolitical situation," Jaishankar posted on X.