Munich/New Delhi, Feb 19 : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Today continued his bilateral talks with counterparts from Sweden, Mongolia and Romania as well as with the Members of the European Parliament of the European People’s Party. Earlier, he held talks with Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and former US Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. On his talks with Mattis, he said in a tweet:“Good to catch up with former US Secretary of Defense, James Mattis at #MSC2022. Appreciate his insights on American national security thinking.” Regarding his talks with the Singapore Defence Minister, he said the two discussed bilateral and Asean related defence cooperation, as well as shared assessments on regional hotspots.On his talks with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde, he said the two sides noted the progress in the bilateral cooperation, including Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), and also discussed national security challenges. He also held talks with his Mongolian counterpart Battsetseg Batmunkh, They discussed cooperation in energy, IT and coal. \”Partnership with our spiritual neighbor continues to strengthen,\” he said.On his talks with Romanian FM Bogdan Aurescu, he said the two discussed mobility, cyber, space, defence, disaster resilience and health. \”Will visit Romania soon to take it forward,\” he added. The EAM had a good conversation with the European People’s Party group of Members of the European Parliament, comprising Manfred Weber, Michael Gahler, Radek Sikorski and Eva Maydell.They had an open discussion on transparency, reliable supply chains and the world order. \”Committed to stronger India-EU cooperation,\” the EAM said. Earlier, he also held talks with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.(UNI)