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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pointed to the crisis-ridden Middle East amid the swiftly developing situation in Syria, where rebels have overthrown the Bashar al-Assad regime
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was speaking at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain on December 8. (Image: PTI/File)
Pointing to the crisis-ridden Middle East with the swiftly developing situation in Syria, where rebels have overthrown the Bashar al-Assad regime, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said there were “challenges from Gaza to Lebanon to Syria”.
Jaishankar was speaking at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, where he arrived on Saturday (December 7). The theme of the 20th edition of the event is ‘Middle East leadership in shaping regional prosperity and security’.
On India’s contribution in solving the ongoing conflict in West Asia, he said: “We are doing this on the diplomatic side. We are one country that has the ability to speak to both Israel and Iran. That is one communication link, which is weak. We are not the only communication link. We are serving an important cause; at the right moment, right people get what the intended message is.”
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This is the final leg of his four-day, two-nation trip. He was received by his Bahrain counterpart Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani.
The minister will also co-chair the 4th India-Bahrain High Joint Commission (HJC) with Al Zayani, which will review the “entire gamut of the bilateral relations and discuss avenues to further strengthen the multifaceted ties between India and Bahrain”.
Jaishankar arrived in Bahrain after his visit to Qatar, during which he met the country’s top leadership as well as leaders of other countries. He also took part in the Doha Forum panel on ‘Conflict resolution in a new era’.
(With PTI inputs)
- Location :
Manama, Bahrain
