German Chancellor Oalf Scholz quoted Foreign Minister S
Jaishankar's viral "European mindset" speech at the Munich Security
Conference.
Mr. Jaishankar, at the 17th GLOBSEC Forum in Bratislava,
Slovakia last year, brutally responded to a question about India's position on
Russia's war with Ukraine, and said: "Europe must come out of Europe's
mind. A global problem is a global problem, but the world's problem is not a
European problem."
The German Chancellor used the term on Friday at the Munich
Security Conference as he suggested a so-called 'mind' change and said Mr
Jaishankar had a 'point'.
"This statement from the Indian Foreign Minister
included in this year's Munich Security Report is true, it will not be a
European problem only if the law of the Fort will prevail in international
relations," said Scholz.
He also said that being a reliable European or North
American in Jakarta, New Delhi, is not enough to emphasize common values.
"We tend to look at the interests and concerns of
these countries as a basis for cooperation. That is why it is important to me
that not only representatives from Asia, Africa and Latin America are at the
table negotiations at the G Seven meeting last June. I want to work in these
areas to find solutions to the main challenges they face, poverty and
increasing hunger, partly due to the war with Russia, and the effects of
climate change or COVID -19 ", he added.
Last year, at the GLOBSEC Forum in Bratislava, Mr.
Jaishankar was asked why he thought that someone would help New Delhi in a
crisis situation in China while not helping others for Ukraine.
"A European Union will come out of the mind that the
problem of Europe is the problem of the world, but the problem of the world is
not the problem of Europe. It is you, it is yours, if it is me it is ours. I
see his thoughts," he said.
"There is a connection today that is being made. The
relationship between China and India and what is happening in Ukraine. China
and India did it long before anything happened in Ukraine. The Chinese people
don't want another standard on how to involve us or not involve us or be
difficult or difficult for us," he added.