Jaishankar Heads Indian Delegation to 19th NAM Summit in Uganda
The Ministry of External Affairs has announced that S Jaishankar, the External Affairs Minister, will head the Indian delegation at the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit scheduled to take place in Kampala, Uganda, in January. Prior to the summit, there will be discussions at both the ministerial and senior official levels. Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, the Minister of State for External Affairs, will participate in the NAM Foreign Ministers' meeting preceding the summit.
“Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan will represent India at the G-77 Third South Summit which will be held in Kampala on 21-22 January", it added. India emphasized the importance of promptly restarting direct and substantial negotiations, emphasizing the necessity to exert all possible efforts to establish favorable conditions for the resumption of these talks.
"India has called for restraint, de-escalation and emphasized peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy", Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said while speaking at the 19th NAM Summit-Ministerial Meeting in the Ugandan capital. Noting that NAM is one of the world’s largest multilateral fora mobilizing support for the Global South, Singh said that it is "crucial that we defend and nurture NAM´s tradition of independence so that we set our agenda", he added.
He mentioned that during its G20 Presidency, India took the initiative to reshape the global perspective on the development agenda by integrating it with key global issues such as climate change, energy transitions, and digital transformation. "While doing so, India remained anchored in the South-South spirit and convened two Voice of the Global South summits to guide our work", he added. Singh said that over the last year, India championed the philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, spelled out as - One World, One Family, One Future - to navigate the complex global challenges.
