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We stand for multilateralism: India after US exit from 66 organisations

Responding to questions, Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “We have seen the announcement made by the US to withdraw from various international organisations and bodies of the United Nations.”

2 min readNew DelhiJan 10, 2026 04:04 AM IST

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External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in New Delhi, Friday.

A day after US President Donald Trump withdrew the US from 66 international organisations including UN bodies and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) led by India and France, saying these institutions were “redundant” and “contrary” to his country’s interests, Delhi on Friday said it stands for “multilateralism” and believes that “global issues need consultative and collaborative action by all countries”.

Responding to questions, Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “We have seen the announcement made by the US to withdraw from various international organisations and bodies of the United Nations.”

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“Since its inception, the International Solar Alliance has made significant progress in advancing its mandate to promote solar energy deployment and cooperation among its 125 member countries. We will continue to advance its goals,” he said. “India stands for multilateralism and believes that global issues need consultative and collaborative action by all countries,” the spokesperson said.

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In Delhi’s assessment, the direct impact of Trump’s decision to withdraw from international organisations will be on the funding and leadership of these groupings. It will likely cast a shadow on the leadership vacuum in these organisations, and China is expected to step in given its leverage, resources and influence in terms of capital and capacity. In Delhi, officials said Beijing will find all these groupings “ripe for picking”. India, officials said, will have to talk to like-minded partners in these groupings to protect and safeguard the rules.

The impact of the US exiting ISA, the India-headquartered initiative, is going to have an adverse financial impact and loss of expertise and influence. It signals loss of potential investment and financial contributions, which were aimed at mobilising over $1 trillion for solar projects by 2030. For Delhi, it is a diplomatic setback, although the ISA has diversified its membership and funding sources since inception.

Shubhajit Roy

Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More

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