External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held bilateral talks with his counterparts from several Arab League member nations in New Delhi yesterday. The meetings were focused on enhancing bilateral ties and taking stock of the situation in West Asia. The talks came ahead of the second India-Arab League foreign ministerial meeting to be held in the National Capital today.

Dr Jaishankar held talks with the Foreign Ministers of Comoros, Libya, Somalia and Palestine. He also met Arabia League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. In his meeting with Mr Gheit, Dr Jaishankar, in a social media post, said he had a wide-ranging conversation about cooperation and strengthening across various domains. The Minister said that they also exchanged views on the recent developments in the region. 

Dr Jaishankar described his meeting withthe  Foreign Minister of Somalia, Abdisalam Ali, as productive, with their conversation focusing on advancing bilateral trade, capacity building, education, health, consular and multilateral cooperation.