Conference with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India
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How India sees France. A conference with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India.

Prior to becoming External Affairs Minister in May 2019, Dr S Jaishankar was President – Global Corporate Affairs at Tata Sons Private Limited from May 2018. He was Foreign Secretary from 2015-2018, Ambassador to United States from 2013-2015, Ambassador to China from 2009-2013, High Commissioner to Singapore from 2007-2009 and Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2000-2004. He has also served in other diplomatic assignments in Embassies in Moscow, Colombo, Budapest and Tokyo, as well as in the Ministry of External Affairs and the President’s Secretariat.
Speakers:
Sylvie Kauffmann, Journalist, Le Monde
Françoise Nicolas, Director of the Center for Asian Studies, Ifri
Chair:
Thomas Gomart, Director, Ifri
This debate will be held in English on Zoom. Participants will receive an email withan access code the day before the videoconference.
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