Washington, India on Friday said military solutions will not work in tackling global challenges and diplomacy must be given a chance to address such issues.
Addressing the first plenary session of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Atlanta, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also flagged the issue of attacks on seafarers and stressed the need to preserve freedom of navigation and ensure cessation of attacks within the framework of international law, especially UNCLOS. The minister also stressed the importance of building resilient and alternative connectivity as the world de-risks and diversifies. “Tactical calculations should not lead to overlooking the dangers of terrorism.
“Emphasised that in the face of global challenges, military solutions will not work and diplomacy must be given a chance,” Jaishankar said in a post on X, listing out the points he made at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Jaishankar said the right to industrialise is being denied through the flooding of markets, weaponising supply chains, constricting market access and encouraging market distortions. “This must cease,” he said. It is a high-risk activity which has come back to bite even the practitioners,” he said. Jaishankar said the Global South is disproportionately bearing the consequences of attacks on civilian shipping and seafarers, jeopardising the availability and cost of fuel, food and fertilisers. I would call it a moment of choosing, and I would say not just for my country, the United States of America, but frankly for the world,” Rubio told the gathering, which also included Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who was seated between his counterparts from Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
“I hope this will be a productive meeting today, as we are in a critical moment.
