Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said that India should not expect ease all the time in terms of relations with its neighboring countries. But India has tried to remain stable with neighboring countries despite changing politics or governments. For this, India has insisted on creating ‘common interests’. He insisted that all our neighbors should understand that working with India will benefit you and if a country makes a distance from India, it may also have to bear the loss.
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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said during a dialogue session that some countries understand this quickly, some take some time. But except for Pakistan, this applies to everyone else. Pakistan’s identity is made from the army and anti-India, so there is different thinking.
Jaishankar shared a link to a conversation that lasted for about an hour on his X handle on Saturday night. He said that India’s relations with the US and China have changed a lot in the last 11 years. While there is sometimes uncertainty in relations with the US, India has to make strong preparations for relations with China, as some difficult situations have also come out from China- such as a clash in the Galwan Valley in June 2020.
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Strengthen relations with neighboring countries in 11 years
The Foreign Minister said that earlier India did not pay attention to infrastructure in the border areas, which was very wrong. Now things have changed and India has strengthened roads and other essential resources on the border. Jaishankar said that the Modi government has strengthened relations with neighboring countries, Gulf countries, ASEAN and Hind-Pacific countries in the last 11 years. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a target to India and has also shown the way to reach it.
Operation Indus and Operation Ganga also mentioned
S Jaishankar also mentioned Operation Sindhu and Operation Ganga, through which India rescued their citizens from the military confrontation between Israel-Iran and the war in Ukraine. On the instability in the neighborhood of India and the change of governments, Jaishankar said that all this is not good for India, but at such a time India has worked on the ‘common interest’ so that the relationship remains strong, no matter what the government is.
Also gave examples of Sri Lanka and Maldives
Jaishankar gave the example of Sri Lanka and Maldives, where governments changed but good relations with India remained. Regarding Nepal, he said that India is affected many times with the internal politics there, but still we should keep trying continuously. Jaishankar said, ‘When things are difficult, we should not give up. The work of understanding is to maintain partnership and bring stability in relationships.
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India gave a message to the world to answer the wrong movement
On the issue of Pakistan and terrorism, he said that the 2008 Mumbai attack was a major turn. After this, the thinking of the country changed and now India strictly responds. He gave examples of steps such as Uri Surgical Strike, Balakot Air Strike and Recently Operation Sindoor. He said that now India has given a message to the world that if a country does wrong, then it will get an answer.
