Saw a copy of the said "memo". Let's just say it doesn't pass the smell test. First, the language & grammar are too poor to meet basic IFS standard. Elitist or not but I have covered the MEA for a bit - 30 yrs to be precise. I know how they write. 1/4

https://twitter.com/MazMHussain/status/1733857554457849883

2nd graf, an assault on the English language that wouldn't have got the recruit thru IFS & we're talking of the foreign secretary. "xxx have masterminded various arson and vandalization in North America x x " No way Jose. He would have written "acts of arson and vandalism." 2/4

Some quotable quotes from Indian foreign minister @DrSJaishankar at Carnegie India's Global Technology Summit 2022
"Technology is at the heart of geopolitics. We can't be agnostic about tech. Stop pretending there's something neutral about tech... no more neutral than economics." "In this era of tech inter-penetration.. it matters what happens inside the black box. Where does our data reside, who harvests data, what do they do with it..." :@DrSJaishankar at #GTS2022 @Rudra_81 @MohanCRaja

A few pointers from Indian foreign min @DrSJaishankar's presser: situation in Ukraine came up in various meetings across State, White House (NSA Sullivan) Commerce and USTR. “Conflict has a very direct impact on the global economy.” .@DrSJaishankar: Fair amount of time spent on the Indo-Pacific, reviewed progress and prep for next Quad meeting. How to take it forward. Lot of discussion on how Quad countries can promote greater economic coop in the region.

In the press interaction after IndiaUS 2+2 dialogue @SecBlinken was asked whether he had made a decision regarding CAATSA sanctions and India's purchase of the S-400. He said "We have not made a determination." #IndiaUSDialogue .@DrSJaishankar called the Quad a "powerful force of global good" and a "stabiliser." While the focus is all on Ukraine, he reminded his audience about Afghanistan and what that conflict brought to India's doorstep. #IndiaUSDialogue

My Letter From Washington: Oh, The Wise Men From the West, India too has national interests. The developing world will pay the real price for the sanctions. epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?… The more western commentators push India, the more they convince Indians of the validity of neutrality, including those who felt India should have condemned Russia’s invasion. To single out India for special opprobrium when key US allies are playing neutral is doublespeak.

.@prashantktm interviews Ashley Tellis: Decoding India-US ties post-Ukraine. I believe that PM Modi was actually quite tough in his private conversations with Putin. But certainly, in public, India has maintained a studied neutrality... hindustantimes.com/world-news/pre… ..only because it wants to preserve whatever remnants of leverage it still has with the Russians – New Delhi does not want the Russians to reach the conclusion that they have only China as a partner, with India out there uninterested in preserving the relationship with Moscow."

My letter from Washington: Consolidating gains. India & US to sign BECA. India to "lease" two drones from USG very soon, 2+2 and a possible NSA meeting -- all before Nov. 3 election. Look at the various agreements in Indo-Pacific and a picture is emerging. epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TheE… The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) on sharing geospatial intelligence will be signed during the next ‘2+2’ dialogue in New Delhi. With Beca, India can get a closer look at Pakistan in all its bare necessities, training camps and all. Info traffic to be one-way.

.@Mike_Pence at the @USISPForum on the relationship between @realDonaldTrump & @narendramodi : They are both larger than life figures. People know where they stand (on issues). Relationship is deeply personal. .@VP Pence: The 4 mil people of the Indian diaspora represent some of the best opeople, creating wealth and prosperity. "We want to grow together. They should have no doubt about that." Want people to come to this country. Will fix the immigration sys once & for all. @USISPForum

Hearing in Human rights in South Asia has begun: @PramilaJayapal is attending tho not a member. As are two other members. Focus thus far on Kashmir and Assam. So the attack begins. @IlhanMN calls Modi govt as a Hindu majoritarian project! Her questions appear motivated. Calling for self determination for Kashmiri people. (Who briefed her. One guess)

.@DrSJaishankar at @USISPForum fireside chat on US-India relations: dramatic change. Not that common. Not a sector today where we not talking. Couldn’t have conceived of it earlier .@DrSJaishankar: when Nehru came to the US, there were 3,000 Indian Americans. Now more than a million. Numbers tell you something. Can’t imagine anyone doing what happened in Houston. #USISPF

Think tank tour of @DrSJaishankar extremely important. Here are some points made by him at the @AtlanticCouncil this morning. How India relates to the West: Two centuries of humiliation. A recent study shows that $45 trillion taken out of India by the British over 200 years. @DrSJaishankar @AtlanticCouncil .@DrSJaishankar: India made choices in 1947. Took what were western values and made them universal. If you believe democracy is an ethically superior model, it was because India sustained it.