German Foreign Minister Annale Bierbock’s visit to India and Conversation with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar The stage has been set for more updated bilateral relations. The two sides signed an agreement on mobility and migration that boosts travel for students, researchers and investors and businesses, and the meeting was preceded by Germany’s agreement to fund renewable energy projects worth one billion euros was. The year 2022 has seen intense high-level engagement, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi made two visits to Germany for the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and the G-7 Outreach Summit in Bavaria. The leaders also met on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Bali. In 2023, Mr. Scholz is expected to be in Delhi, in the spring, and again in India in September for the G-20 summit. At the multilateral forum, Ms. Bierbock, a leader of the German Alliance 90/Green party, made combating climate change a key issue where New Delhi and Berlin could cooperate in the G-20 under India’s presidency. Mr Jaishankar spoke of the need to pursue reform in the UN Security Council, where India and Germany have been part of the ‘G-4’ grouping since 2005. To resolve the Kashmir dispute; He said HinduPrior to his visit he believes that Kashmir is a “bilateral dispute” to be settled only between India and Pakistan.
The essence of the relationship will be tested in the ongoing differences over the war in Ukraine. Mr. Jaishankar’s line to reporters was that India’s import of Russian oil, a national interest requirement, is a fraction of the fossil fuel that Europe continues to buy. While this may be true, it is also true that EU countries have cut all other links with Moscow, and falling imports of the fuel after the introduction of an “oil price cap” for seaborne imports on 5 December, and There is a possibility of decline. On the other hand, India’s import of Russian oil has increased by 21 times, making Russia the largest supplier to India. Writing in Foreign Affairs Journal, Chancellor Scholz said the world was facing an “epoch, tectonic shift”, using the term Zeitenwende or “turning point” to describe the geopolitical transition following Russia’s war in Ukraine. and blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Shattering” an international peace architecture. For India, which takes over the presidency of the G-20 in this year of the Zeitenwende, it will be necessary to work more closely with Germany to bring all Western partners on board with Mr Modi’s plan to create “global unity”. Can go The split with Russia derails consensus on important tasks such as fighting climate change, inequality, poverty and the digital divide.