Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as Minister of External Affairs of India. Before entering politics he had a long career in the Indian Foreign Service, including postings as ambassador to several countries and senior positions within the government. He is a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and has been a prominent voice in shaping India's foreign policy.
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India's foreign minister makes first standalone bilateral visit to Ukraine, meets Zelensky and Sybiha in Kyiv
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Kyiv on 3 September for the first standalone bilateral visit by an Indian foreign minister to Ukraine. He held talks and a joint briefing with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and met President Volodymyr Zelensky, discussing peace efforts, bilateral trade and cooperation, freedom of navigation in the Black Sea, and global food security. Jaishankar said the war would be resolved through diplomacy and negotiations, not through decisions by individual countries to buy or not buy Russian oil.