India's foreign minister Jaishankar held the first joint ministerial meeting with the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) on Monday during the UN General Assembly in New York to deepen cooperation and defence ties amid tensions with the United States. Slovakia's foreign minister said the V4 supports India's bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat. Ministers discussed global and regional security, reform of multilateral institutions, and cooperation on space, connectivi

2026-09-22

India's foreign minister Jaishankar held the first joint ministerial meeting with the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) on Monday during the UN General Assembly in New York to deepen cooperation and defence ties amid tensions with the United States. Slovakia's foreign minister said the V4 supports India's bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat. Ministers discussed global and regional security, reform of multilateral institutions, and cooperation on space, connectivity and people-to-people exchanges.