India, Oct. 15 -- Countries with shared interests are coming together to fashion a new world order in which they will have a greater say in global governance and decision-making at a time of geopolitical uncertainty, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

Participating in a discussion on the theme of "Is this the middle power moment" at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum along with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand, Jaishankar argued that India was "a power in the middle" because of its population of 1.4 billion and $4 trillion economy.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's call for middle powers to unite to defend multilateralism during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January has triggered a debate a...