{
  "id": 9736957,
  "title": "\"Very productive meeting,\" Slovak FM Juraj Blanar hails India-Visegard cooperation; highlights tech, defence cooperation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/very-productive-meeting-slovak-fm-juraj-blanar-hails-india-visegard",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T09:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discovered",
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    "url": "https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/World/20260922/4501914.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Monday, Slovakia's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar chaired the first V4+India Foreign Ministers Meeting in New York, held under Slovakia's presidency of the Visegrad Group. The meeting, attended by Indian and V4 foreign ministers, focused on dialogue regarding energy security, defence, technology and innovation cooperation. Blanar expressed satisfaction about exchanging information on energy security, noting that the challenges faced by India, Europe, and the V4 nations due to the war in Ukraine and the Middle East crisis required cooperation. Defence and technology cooperation were also emphasized as key areas of partnership. Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar described the meeting as a \"very, very productive\" instance of working with the Central European group, praising their industrial, innovation, and technological capabilities. He further highlighted the potential for increased technology and innovation cooperation and the existing strong defence relationship with all four V4 countries. The discussions also addressed major global crises, such as the Ukraine conflict and developments in the Gulf. Blanar emphasized that the inaugural V4+India meeting, the result of an 11-year effort by Slovakia, provided a structured platform for India and the four Central European countries to discuss economic and strategic cooperation. The meeting marked a historic occasion for Slovakia's diplomacy, securing a new major partner for V4 cooperation and potentially boosting trade and investment ties between the V4 economies and India, which is poised to become a powerful economic heavyweight.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}