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Intense engagement: On India-Germany ties

India can work with Germany to bring G-20 partners together for global unity

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s visit to India and talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar have set the stage for a more updated bilateral (द्विपक्षीय) relationship. The two sides signed an agreement on mobility (गतिशीलता) and migration (प्रवास, स्थानान्तरण) that boosts travel for students, researchers and investors and businesses, and the meeting was preceded (पहले आना, पूर्ववर्तिता) by Germany’s agreement to fund renewable energy projects worth a billion Euros. The year 2022 has seen intense (गहन) high-level engagement (Meeting), as Prime Minister Narendra Modi made two visits to Germany — for the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and the G-7 outreach summit (सम्मेलन, शिखर) in Bavaria. The leaders also met at the G-20 summit in Bali. In 2023, Mr. Scholz is expected to be in Delhi, in spring, and again in September for the G-20 summit in India. On the multilateral stage, Ms. Baerbock, a leader of the German Alliance 90/Green party, made countering climate change an important issue where New Delhi and Berlin can cooperate at the G-20 under India’s presidency. Mr. Jaishankar spoke of the need to keep pushing for UN Security Council reform, where India and Germany have been part of the ‘G-4’ grouping since 2005. Ms. Baerbock also walked back previous controversial (विवादास्पद) comments calling for the “United Nations track” to resolve the Kashmir dispute; she told The Hinduahead of her visit that she believes Kashmir is a “bilateral dispute” to be resolved between India and Pakistan only.

The substance of the relationship will be tested in continuing differences over the war in Ukraine. Mr. Jaishankar’s line to journalists was that India’s imports of Russian oil, a national interest necessity, remain a fraction of the fossil fuels Europe continues to buy. While this may be correct, it is also true that the European Union countries have cut all other links with Moscow, and falling fuel imports are likely to drop further once the December 5 launch of the “oil price cap” for seaborne imports kicks in. On the other hand, India’s imports of Russian oil have soared to a whopping (भारी, बहुत बड़ा) 21-fold increase, making Russia India’s biggest supplier. Writing in the Foreign Affairs Journal, Chancellor Scholz said that the world was facing an “epochal (महत्त्वपूर्ण), tectonic shift”, using the term Zeitenwende or “turning point” to describe the geopolitical transition post Russia’s war in Ukraine, and accused (आरोप लगाना) Russian President Vladimir Putin of “shattering (तोड़ना, नष्ट करना)” an international peace architecture. For India, which inherits (विरासत में पाना) the G-20 presidency in the year of this Zeitenwende, it will be necessary to work more closely with Germany to bring all western partners on board with Mr. Modi’s plans to forge “global unity”, without letting the deep divisions with Russia derail (पटरी से उतारना) consensus (सर्वसम्मति) on important tasks such as fighting climate change, inequality, poverty and the digital divide.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Intense (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - गहन
English Meaning - Having or showing strong feelings or opinions; extremely earnest or serious.

2.Bilateral (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - द्विपक्षीय
English Meaning - Involving two parties, especially countries.

3.Mobility (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - गतिशीलता
English Meaning - The ability to move or be moved freely and easily.

4.Migration (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रवास, स्थानान्तरण
English Meaning - Movement from one part of something to another.

5.Preceded (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - पहले आना, पूर्ववर्तिता
English Meaning - Come before (something) in time.

6.Summit (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - सम्मेलन, शिखर
English Meaning - A conference or meeting of diplomats.

7.Controversial (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - विवादास्पद
English Meaning - Subject to debatable.

8.Whopping (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - भारी, बहुत बड़ा
English Meaning - Very large

9.Epochal (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - महत्त्वपूर्ण
English Meaning - forming or characterizing an epoch

10.Accuse (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - आरोप लगाना
English Meaning - Charge (someone) with an offense or crime.

11.Shatter (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - तोड़ना, नष्ट करना
English Meaning - Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

12.Inherit (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - विरासत में पाना
English Meaning - receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.

13.Derail (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - पटरी से उतारना
English Meaning - To obstruct the progress.

14.Consensus (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - सर्वसम्मति
English Meaning - Agreement among a group of people

15.Engagement (Noun)

English Meaning - Meeting