Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held wide-ranging discussions together with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Daniele Giovanni Cassis on bilateral ties, with a give attention to leveraging the commerce settlement between India and four-nation European bloc EFTA, which incorporates Switzerland, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated on Saturday.
Jaishankar was right here on a two-day go to which concluded on Friday.
In a particular gesture, Cassis hosted Jaishankar in Geneva, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated in an announcement.
“The 2 leaders held wide-ranging discussions on bilateral ties, with a particular give attention to leveraging the Free Commerce Settlement between India and EFTA States (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Principality of Liechtenstein) to spice up commerce and investments,” the assertion stated.
India in March signed a Commerce and Financial Partnership Settlement (TEPA) with the European Free Commerce Affiliation (EFTA) below which New Delhi acquired a USD 100 billion funding dedication from these 4 European international locations.
Through the assembly, Jaishankar and Cassis additionally mentioned world and regional problems with mutual curiosity.
Throughout his go to, Jaishankar interacted with the management of worldwide organisations in Geneva – UN Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and the Director Normal of the World Well being Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
He shared India’s method to multilateralism, our views on the evolution of human rights, the present world human rights state of affairs, and methods to handle numerous challenges to the human rights ecosystem.
He additionally mentioned methods to deepen cooperation in public well being and promote conventional medication techniques globally.
He additionally devoted the newly constructed state-of-the-art Everlasting Mission of India in Geneva, which homes India’s missions coping with the UN and different Worldwide Organisations, the Convention on Disarmament, the World Commerce Organisation, and the Consulate Normal of India, the assertion stated.
He additionally devoted a statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambekar, the important thing architect of India’s Structure, on the Everlasting Mission right here.
He honoured Indian reformer and educator Hansa Mehta by naming a corridor in her reminiscence on the mission.
Mehta served because the Indian delegate to the UN Fee on Human Rights from 1947 to 1948 and is understood for guaranteeing a extra gender-sensitive language within the landmark Common Declaration of Human Rights.
He additionally planted a tree below the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative.
He interacted with a big gathering of the Indian group and Associates of India on the Everlasting Mission. He highlighted fast strides made by India and India’s imaginative and prescient of partaking with the world.
He additionally delivered a chat on “International Tectonics: The Indian View of a World in Churn” on the Geneva Centre for Safety Coverage (GCSP), which was attended by a cross-section of individuals in Geneva, together with from the diplomatic group, academia, assume tanks, scholar group and the Indian diaspora, the assertion stated.
