Jaishankar on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) held talks with Cote d’Ivoire’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Niale Kaba on strengthening bilateral ties, with a focus on trade, infrastructure, agriculture and healthcare. External Affairs Minister S.
The Minister arrived in Cote d’Ivoire from Ghana on the second leg of his three-nation tour of African countries, which also includes Ethiopia. Mr. Mr. Jaishankar also paid tribute at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial in Accra, honouring Ghana’s first Prime Minister and later president Kwame Nkrumah, a key figure in Africa’s independence movement and one of the leading advocates of pan-Africanism. “The memorial and the museum showcase Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s vision of reliance, dignity and freedom. They also remind us of the importance of deeper South-South cooperation,” Mr.
Jaishankar said he had “comprehensive discussions” with Kaba in Abidjan on advancing India-Cote d’Ivoire partnership, “including in trade, investment, infrastructure, agriculture, healthcare and people-to-people ties”. “Underlined that our people-centric cooperation will be driven by the priorities of Cote d’Ivoire,” he said in a social media post. The two sides also discussed deepening their engagement in multilateral fora, he said. Jaishankar said.
Earlier, in Ghana, Jaishankar received from Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa the country’s Instrument of Acceptance for the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA).
