Hn_Ani2_Madrid_Eam_Jaishankar_Attend_09-49-52

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00:00you

00:30you

00:45meet all of you this evening I came here yesterday I had some meetings today I'll

00:53be going back tomorrow that is my life but in all of this it's always a

00:59pleasure to spend time with the Indian community without that no visit is

01:06actually ever done so I'm really very very thankful to you ambassador for

01:12putting it together and for all of you really taking the time out and being

01:18here with me I have been to Spain before I first came here about little more than

01:2920 years ago as a tourist a few times actually as a tourist it was very nice

01:35then I had the privilege of coming with Prime Minister Modi in 2017 I've never

01:43had the good fortune of being posted here unlike the ambassador and my other

01:48colleagues it's something I envy them but what right now in a way I would say

02:00the the context has really been President Sanchez's visit to India last

02:09year a very successful visit and the agreement between Prime Minister Modi

02:16and President Sanchez that we should make a special effort really to take

02:22this relationship forward so you know my counterpart foreign minister Alvarez and

02:31I have been meeting fairly regularly and this is part of of that so again as I

02:43said very very good to be here it's okay if I speak in English would you like me

02:48to switch to Hindi okay all right I feel comfortable in both

03:13hanky-panky

03:43I think it is the first time that a foreign ambassador has been invited to

04:02address the ambassadors of Spain global ambassadors and and I would like to talk

04:13to you later why that is so and you know why that should be relevant to all

04:19of you but before that you know let me also explain a little bit

04:55our relations are poised to do