S Jaishankar: Global Technology Summit in Delhi is being organized. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was also present in this program. During the conversation there, the Foreign Minister told that the rise of India is closely related to the rise of Indian technology. He further added that if we look at India’s geopolitical situation, it should be a pure assessment of politics, energy, economics, but increasingly where our technological interests lie.

Our data is no longer a matter of economics but of national security In this program organized in the capital Delhi, the Foreign Minister said that where our data is going, it is no longer a matter of business and economics but of national security. In this world of ours everything is being weaponised, I have to change my perspective as to where I should defend my interests. Speaking at the Global Technology Summit 1106, the External Affairs Minister further said that the choice of theme is timely as technology Today it is at the center of geopolitics. Countries have taken their national security decisions and what kind of impact they will get from implementing the technology.

Ukraine war has sucked the oxygen out of Europe- EAM Jaishankar Keeping his opinion on the Ukraine war again, he told that the Ukraine war has sucked the oxygen in Europe. Hopefully we will have our meeting at some other time. He further said that we have started engagement on the Indo Pacific Economic Framework. America has been ahead on this. There are big technology and supply chain elements in it. You have a lot of bilateral discussions of IPEF and Quad with various partners and there are big debates going on in our own country.

Intensification in the competition of big powers ) In the Global Tech Summit, EAM Jaishankar further said that seeing the increase in the competition of big powers, many agreements of the past will not continue. We have seen in the last few days that there are some agreements which have not been renewed. Keeping the new understanding will be very difficult. We are actually already seeing the impact of climate events and climate change on politics. An example would be – the big debate in Europe today is whether it will be able to survive the winter from an energy point of view.

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Tue, Nov 29, 2022, 11: 59 AM IST