External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held a series of significant meetings on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany. He met with former Prime Minister and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg who has recently assumed the new role of country’s finance minister. He also discussed the \”complex challenges of European security\” during his meeting with Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the Danish politician who has served as the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2022. The EAM wrapped up the first half of Saturday meeting Federal Chancellor and Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, spotlighting that \”his insights on the region are always valuable\” He then met with Gerardo Werthein, the Foreign and Trade Minister of Argentina where talks focused on further expansion in trade and investment besides sharing perspectives on global affairs. He concluded the day with a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Romania Emil Hurezeanu, who discussed trade, connectivity, and mobility ties between New Delhi and Bucharest.
