In message to US, India and Germany underline 'predictability, reliability'

Underlining that "predictability today has a huge premium in global politics", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday framed Germany as a reliable partner and said that with the world facing "economic volatility", there was a "very powerful case" for India and the European Union, and India and Germany to work "much more closely with each other". Jaishankar's remarks, which followed his meeting with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, are a thinly-veiled reference to the unpredictability of the partnership displayed by the US administration under President Donald Trump. Without criticising the US, Wadephul, who is on a two-day visit to…