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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met French President Emmanuel Macron connected the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Summit present and said helium valued the treatment and his galore insights.
The External Affairs Minister paid a ceremonial sojourn to President Macron connected Friday (March 27, 2026).
"An honour to telephone connected the President Emmanuel Macron of France past night," Mr. Jaishankar said successful a societal media station connected Saturday (March 28, 2026).
The External Affairs Minister said helium conveyed the lukewarm greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Value the treatment and his galore insights," Mr. Jaishankar added.
He arrived successful Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay successful France connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) to enactment successful the two-day G7 Foreign Ministers' gathering with spouse countries.
While India is not a G7 member, it has been invited arsenic a spouse state by France, the existent seat of the almighty bloc.
In an code astatine a G7 Foreign Ministers' gathering successful France connected Thursday (March 26, 2026), Mr. Jaishankar flagged the concerns of Global South nations implicit energy, food, and substance security, portion underlining the urgent request for planetary governance reforms.
The External Affairs Minister besides spoke astir the value of resilient commercialized corridors and proviso chains against the backdrop of the uncertainties arising from the struggle successful West Asia.
On the margins of the G7 meeting, Mr. Jaishankar held abstracted conversations with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Saudia Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. It is understood that the West Asia situation figured prominently successful the conversations.
Mr. Jaishankar besides met Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira.
The Group of 7 (G7) brings unneurotic 7 of the world's astir precocious economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The European Union is besides a subordinate of the bloc.
Besides India, France has invited Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Brazil.
The G7 serves arsenic the forum of prime for its members to sermon and coordinate enactment successful effect to large economic, fiscal and geopolitical challenges connected the planetary stage.
