‘Not an era of war’: In Bulgaria, Jaishankar calls for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve ongoing conflicts

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has pushed for "dialogue and diplomacy" arsenic the lone solution amid ongoing aggregate conflicts and reiterated India's stance that this is "not an epoch of war". Mr. Jaishankar made these remarks connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) aft the gathering with his Bulgarian counterpart Velislava Petrova-Chamova.

Mr. Jaishankar said that "the satellite is passing done an exceptionally volatile and uncertain future, including aggregate large conflicts, concerns astir economical security, caller acquisition of the pandemic, and recurring menace of terrorism."

"India has a wide presumption successful respect of each of them. We judge that this is not an epoch of war. The lone solution to this struggle is dialog and diplomacy." Mr. Jaishankar besides said that arsenic the dependable of the Global South, India has repeatedly underlined concerns of energy, nutrient and fertilisers.

"Where economical risks are concerned, the reply is successful proviso concatenation resilience and successful further diversification. It is peculiarly important that maritime commercialized is neither impeded nor endangered. On behalf of the Global South, India has besides repeatedly underlined concerns of energy, nutrient and fertilisers," helium said.

"... the COVID play demonstrated the request for deeper planetary cooperation", helium added. "As for terrorism, the satellite indispensable beryllium wide connected zero tolerance. On each these issues, determination was a gathering of minds betwixt India and Bulgaria," Mr. Jaishankar informed.

Mr. Jaishankar is connected a two-nation circuit of Bulgaria and Finland from June 10-11. The two-nation sojourn is aimed astatine advancing India's engagement with European partners and strengthening bilateral practice crossed a scope of sectors.