Why it is in the news
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar took part in the first-ever V4+India Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New York on 21 September 2026, on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly, with his counterparts from the Visegrad Group (V4) — Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Chaired by Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár under Slovakia's V4 presidency, the meeting agreed to step up political, economic and defence cooperation, and the V4 backed India's inclusion as a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
The exam angle
Thesis: The V4+India format shows India's shift from a big-capital Europe policy to issue-based, sub-regional partnerships that build influence inside the EU.