NEW DELHI: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said India wants to use its G20 presidency to reflect the interests and concerns of the global south because these have been brushed aside beside.
Speaking at the annual summit co-hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Carnegie India, titled ‘The Geopolitics of Technology’, Jaishankar said the rise of India was deeply linked to India’s technological advancement and the country cannot remain indifferent to the development of this field. which has acquired strong political significance.
Official sources also said that the 200 G20 meetings that India will host under the country’s president will likely take place across 50 cities, including in J&K. The government is currently looking to finalize the G20 meeting on tourism at J&K.
Reacting to earlier media reports that the government is considering holding G20 meetings in Kashmir, Pakistan has called on the international community to reject any such plans by India.
The sources also said that India will have a unified and non-divisive agenda as the G20 chair.
Jaishankar said India wanted to use its G20 presidency to reflect the interests and concerns of the global south that had been cast aside for years. “The rise of India is closely tied to the rise of Indian technology. It could be semiconductors, it could be 5G, artificial intelligence, commercial launches into space, satellite building,” he said.
The minister said technology should be given importance in determining India’s geopolitical position as it will play an important role in forming alliances in a multipolar world. “We cannot be technology agnostic. We have to stop thinking that there is something technologically neutral… more and more things are driven by technology and we need to understand that there is a very strong political connotation built into the industry. turmeric.”
The principle of economic and strategic autonomy will hold the key to the global rebalancing, he said, and major players will continue to strive for greater technological capabilities. “We, especially in India over the last two years, have realized the fact that where is our data? Who processes and collects our data and what do they do with it?” Jaishnakar said it is important to consider the quality of partners and sociology partners that India has in the technology and strategic sector.
Recounting his interactions with partners in Africa and Latin America, he said there has been a great deal of interest in the Indian-developed digital-enabled delivery platforms selling in the south. bridge. “We have broken the assumption that social security is the prerogative of wealthy society,” he said, citing a government initiative to distribute free grain to 80 million people. poverty and direct benefits to 45 million beneficiaries.
Speaking at the annual summit co-hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Carnegie India, titled ‘The Geopolitics of Technology’, Jaishankar said the rise of India was deeply linked to India’s technological advancement and the country cannot remain indifferent to the development of this field. which has acquired strong political significance.
Official sources also said that the 200 G20 meetings that India will host under the country’s president will likely take place across 50 cities, including in J&K. The government is currently looking to finalize the G20 meeting on tourism at J&K.
Reacting to earlier media reports that the government is considering holding G20 meetings in Kashmir, Pakistan has called on the international community to reject any such plans by India.
The sources also said that India will have a unified and non-divisive agenda as the G20 chair.
Jaishankar said India wanted to use its G20 presidency to reflect the interests and concerns of the global south that had been cast aside for years. “The rise of India is closely tied to the rise of Indian technology. It could be semiconductors, it could be 5G, artificial intelligence, commercial launches into space, satellite building,” he said.
The minister said technology should be given importance in determining India’s geopolitical position as it will play an important role in forming alliances in a multipolar world. “We cannot be technology agnostic. We have to stop thinking that there is something technologically neutral… more and more things are driven by technology and we need to understand that there is a very strong political connotation built into the industry. turmeric.”
The principle of economic and strategic autonomy will hold the key to the global rebalancing, he said, and major players will continue to strive for greater technological capabilities. “We, especially in India over the last two years, have realized the fact that where is our data? Who processes and collects our data and what do they do with it?” Jaishnakar said it is important to consider the quality of partners and sociology partners that India has in the technology and strategic sector.
Recounting his interactions with partners in Africa and Latin America, he said there has been a great deal of interest in the Indian-developed digital-enabled delivery platforms selling in the south. bridge. “We have broken the assumption that social security is the prerogative of wealthy society,” he said, citing a government initiative to distribute free grain to 80 million people. poverty and direct benefits to 45 million beneficiaries.
