Santo Domingo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India wants to ensure that its relations with all countries continue to grow without seeking exclusivity. He said, however, that India’s relations with Beijing fall into a different category because of the “unusual” nature of their relationship as a result of China violating border management agreements. Addressing the youth of the Diplomatic School on Friday, Jaishankar, who arrived in Santo Domingo on his first official visit to the Dominican Republic, also said that India has seen a dramatic expansion in connectivity, contacts and cooperation in the region. However, Pakistan would be an exception because of cross-border terrorism, he added.
Jaishankar said, ‘Whether it is America, Europe, Russia or Japan, we are trying to ensure that all these relations grow without demanding exclusivity. China, however, falls into a different category because of the border dispute and the unusual nature of our relationship. This is the result of his violation of agreements regarding border management. ” Significantly, India has been criticizing the deployment of a large number of troops and its aggressive attitude by China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
The Foreign Minister said that ‘India’s biggest priorities are obviously in its neighbourhood. Given its size and economic power, it is a matter of collective benefit that India adopts a liberal and non-reciprocal approach to cooperation with smaller neighboring countries and this is what we have done in the last decade under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that ‘India has seen a dramatic expansion in connectivity, connectivity and cooperation in the region. Pakistan is obviously an exception because of cross-border terrorism. But be it the COVID-19 related challenge or the recent high debt pressure, India has always stood up for its neighbours.
In this context, the External Affairs Minister cited Sri Lanka, where India has given financial assistance of more than four billion dollars to the country during its worst economic phase in decades. Jaishankar said, ‘Overall, India is a country committed to promoting collective solutions for the global good. This year, our presidency of the G-20 is focused on the real challenges facing global development and global growth.” On India’s partnership with Latin America, he said, “Today our trade with Latin America has crossed the $50 billion mark. Moving towards.
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