ET WLF 2025 | ‘BRICS Is BRICS and Quad Is Quad’: Jaishankar on India’s balanced approach

At ET WLF 2025, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke on evolving India-US relations under President Trump, emphasizing adaptability in diplomacy. ‘You adapt to the landscape and nature of the challenge. So, if there is a relationship that needs to be handled differently, you adapt accordingly,’ he said. On multilateral groupings, he added, ‘The Quad is still the Quad and BRICS is still BRICS. Countries like us should not be forced to make binary choices.’