Jaishankar congratulates Italian FM for successful G20 Foreign Ministers' meet
Jun 29, 2021
Matera [Itlay], June 29 : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday congratulated Italian Foreign Affairs Minister, Luigi Di Maio for the successful G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting and discussed the bilateral relationship between India and Italy.
"Congratulated Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on the successful G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Italy. Discussed taking forward our bilateral relationship. Look forward to seeing him in India," Jaishankar said in a tweet.
Jaishankar has addressed the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting at Matera, Italy and said that international cooperation is the answer to the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. He also said that institutional multilateralism has been found wanting and reforms have many forms but vaccine equity will be the immediate test.
The minister said the real economy needs decentralised globalisation, including in manufacturing, food and health and resilient supply chains must develop in parallel.
He said there was a need for greater international cooperation to deal with the COVID-19 challenge.
The External Affairs Minister also said that the full diversity of "our planet needs more accurate reflection in global policymaking".
The G20 is an inter-governmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union.
Italy holds the Presidency of the G20 at present. The Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting is one of the ministerial meetings organized as part of the G20 Leaders Summit 2021.
