‘Selective Targeting Of India Unfair And Unjustified’: EAM S Jaishankar On Ukraine Conflict | India News

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Monday said selective targeting of India due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is both ‘Unfair and unfair’. These remarks were made during meetings with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski in New Delhi. EAM S Jaishankar, while pointing out how India has been unfairly excluded in global affairs, maintained that such selective treatment is neither right nor justified.

While accepting EAM S Jaishankar’s call for selective targeting, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said: “I also fully agree with you on the injustice of selective targeting by tariffs, and we in Europe also know something about this. We fear that this will move towards global trade turbulence.”

During the bilateral meeting, both leaders discussed plans to evaluate the 2024-28 Action Plan, which aims to bring out the full scope of the India-Poland strategic partnership. The talks also focused on improving cooperation in the fields of trade, investments, defence, security, green technologies and digital developments.

During the meeting, Jaishankar also highlighted that Poland is among India’s largest trading partners in Central Europe, with bilateral trade reaching US$ 7 billion, a staggering growth of almost 200% in the last decade.

India’s dynamic economic growth, large market and investor-friendly policies are major attractions for Polish companies. Including the promotion of stronger cultural exchanges and people-to-people connections.

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During the meeting, global issues were also discussed and valuable views were exchanged on the developments in the relevant neighborhoods.

Addressing the cross-border terrorism and pointing out the Polish Deputy PM Radoslaw Sikorski’s recent visit to Pakistan, he said, “Deputy PM, you are no stranger to the region and are more than familiar with the challenges of cross-border terrorism. I hope that at this meeting we discuss some of your recent travels to the region, Poland should display zero tolerance to terrorism and not help terrorist fuel infrastructure in our neighbourhood.”

EAM also emphasized that Poland must maintain a zero-tolerance stance towards terrorism and refrain from supporting terrorist infrastructure in our neighbourhood.