EAM Jaishankar meets with UK Home Secretary, signs agreement to 'facilitate legal travel'

Minister of External Affairs (MEA) Dr S Jaishankar on May 4 met with UK Home Secretary Priti Patel while he’s visiting London to participate in Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers meet. Patel and Jaishankar signed Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement to facilitate legal travel and encour talent flows. Taking to Twitter, MEA t only posted ims from in-person meeting between both diplomats but also said that agreement was an important outcome for upcoming virtual summit between India and UK. 

Jaishankar termed meeting with British Home Secretary “fruitful.” In a separate tweet, EAM said “This is an important outcome for India-U.K. Virtual Summit that is due to commence shortly.” 

Jaishankar is currently on a four-day visit to UK from May 3 to 6 and has alrey met with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken in London at G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting earlier today. Blinken and MEA discussed COVID-19 crisis, vaccine production capacity and supply chains. Jaishankar also posted ims from that set and called Blinken an “old friend.”

EAM S Jaishankar To Join G7 Ministers Over Decisive Action

Furr, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to meet G7 (Group of Seven nations) ministers in London on evening of May 4 (local time). In first major in-person diplomatic garing since onset of COVID-19 pandemic and first garing of G7 Foreign Ministers since 2019, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will le discussions and Britain holds rotatory presidency of group. Jaishankar will join foreign ministers from G7 nations -  Cana, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, US, UK and European Union - and guest countries, including Australia, Republic of Korea and South Africa and Chair of ASEAN, in a bid to agree on decisive action on most critical global issues such as threats to democracy. 

ministers from leing democracies across globe will be discussing geopolitical issues that threaten to undermine democracy, freedoms and human rights. y will also discuss relations with Russia, China and Iran as well as crisis in Myanmar, violence in Ethiopia and ongoing war in Syria. 

Im credits: @DrSJaishankar/Twitter