'No accommodation to terrorism': EAM at G20 Foreign Ministers' meet

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that terrorism remains a "persistent threat" to development and stressed that the world must show neither tolerance nor accommodation to terrorist activities. Addressing the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting at UN in New York, Jaishankar said those who act against terrorists on any front render a "larger service to the international community as a whole". Speaking on the correlation between international peace and global development, he said that in recent times, both deteriorated in parallel.

#WATCH | New York | At the India-SICA Foreign Minister’s Meeting, EAM Dr S Jaishankar says, "We are very encouraged by the growing interest of Indian companies to invest in SICA countries, in SICA economies, particularly in agriculture, in renewable energy, in pharmaceuticals and… pic.twitter.com/wetYfrBMZu

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Speaking at the annual ORF panel discussion in New York, Dr Jaishankar said there will be an emergence of a global workforce that will adjust to contemporary requirements. He also stated that trade will find a way to overcome tariff and non-tariff barriers, creating new priorities and flows and leveraging physical and digital efficiencies. He said new trade arrangements and understandings will emerge driven by new concerns and compulsions. He  highlighted that the world will see self-reliance, technology, multi-polarity and South-South cooperation reinforcing each other as it faces uncertainty.