S Jaishankar’s remarks got here following the India-EU Trade and Technology Council meet (File)
Brussels:
In the period of volatility and uncertainty, it is essential to de-risk the worldwide financial system and but to make sure that there’s very accountable progress, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has mentioned.
His remarks got here following the primary assembly of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) held in Brussels on Tuesday.
The assembly, co-chaired on the Indian facet by Mr Jaishankar, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Communications, Electronics and IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, coated key focus areas of strategic applied sciences, digital governance and inexperienced power applied sciences.
Mr Jaishankar described it as a “superb assembly”.
“It’s been a really robust begin. And there’s a context to what we’re doing. In this period of volatility and uncertainty, it is essential to de-risk the worldwide financial system and but to make sure that there’s very accountable progress,” Mr Jaishankar instructed the media.
“So loads of what we mentioned associated to resilient and dependable provide chains, to belief and transparency within the digital area; in the truth that we at this time should deal with how you can get the perfect out of a world expertise pool in a data financial system,” he mentioned.
He mentioned throughout the course of the assembly one in all his colleagues described this as a techade- a decade which goes to be formed by know-how.
“And our effort has been to create the trusted collaboration in order that we be certain that on this period with all its challenges globalisation stays robust, that we stay open economies; that we’re capable of forge forward in varied areas,” he mentioned.
“We have three working teams that met at this time. We had a stakeholders session. And I believe what was most important-we had a transparent plan for and calendar for a way we’re going to go forward,” he added.
In his opening remarks on the assembly, Mr Jaishankar mentioned India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) is a big milestone within the strategic partnership between India and the European Union as a consequence of its deal with essential domains.
“We are clearly essential companions for one another however what the TTC represents is a deal with key domains which are essential to each the worldwide financial system and world safety,” he mentioned.
“Today the problem is to deal with concurrently the twin necessities of accountable progress and de-risking world financial system. This means selling resilient and dependable provide chains and extra drivers of worldwide manufacturing and progress. It means making certain belief and transparency within the digital area together with cross-border flows. It means embracing low-carbon progress whereas making certain that this doesn’t create essential vulnerabilities,” he added.
In every of the main focus areas of the TTC strategic applied sciences, digital governance and connectivity clear and inexperienced power applied sciences and resilient worth chains, India has experiences to share when it comes to innovation, manufacturing and deployment, Mr Jaishankar mentioned.
The minister highlighted that India has a vital function to play in all points and in addition with regard to its influence on the worldwide expertise pool.
“It is our expectation that TTC would grow to be the essential platform for the exchanges on this regard in order that we arrive at each coverage and enterprise selections within the related domains,” he mentioned.
“Just concluded a particularly productive 1st India-EU Trade and Technology Council assembly. Thank European Commission VPs @vestager and @VDombrovskis for internet hosting the Indian Ministerial delegation,” Mr Jaishankar tweeted after the assembly.
“On strategic applied sciences, digital governance and connectivity; clear and inexperienced power applied sciences; resilient worth chains, our discussions had been actually significant. Exchanged views on financial safety; cooperation in third nations together with connectivity and derisking the worldwide financial system. Confident that this mechanism will additional energise our strategic partnership,” he tweeted.
The TTC was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, throughout her go to to India in April final 12 months.
It led to the creation of three Working Groups beneath the TTC: the Working Group on Strategic Technologies, Digital Governance and Digital Connectivity; the Working Group on Green and Clean Energy Technologies; and the Working Group on Trade, Investment and Resilient Value Chains.
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