Foreign Minister S., who speaks without any hesitation about international relations. An interview of Jaishankar is much discussed these days. Actually, Jaishankar was on a tour of Australia recently. During this time a TV channel there interviewed him. The journalist anchor doing the interview raised questions on India’s friendship with Russia and said that this could affect India’s relations with Australia. On this, Jaishankar gave such a reply that the anchor stopped speaking. The Foreign Minister gave the example of Pakistan in support of his answer and said that what you see is not what happens in reality.
Australia’s Sky News channel anchor Shari Markshan S. She was interviewing Jaishankar. He asked whether, considering India’s relations with Russia, there is any problem in its relations with Australia. On this S. When Jaishankar started answering, the anchor stopped speaking. Jaishankar said that he does not feel that India has created any problem. In today’s time, countries do not have any exclusive relationship. His interview is of about half an hour. The channel has uploaded this interview on its YouTube channel. This interview has been viewed by 2.60 lakh people in about 20 hours. Thousands of people have commented on his interview.
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Giving the example of Pakistan, he said that if we think according to your logic then we can say that many countries have relations with Pakistan. In such a situation, India also needs to be worried. Then he further said that contrary to your question, the international community is benefiting from India’s relationship with Russia. Referring to India’s decision to buy oil from Russia despite sanctions, he said that if we had not done so, the global energy market would have been completely destroyed. A global energy crisis would have arisen. Due to this, inflation would have peaked all over the world.
Jaishankar further added that it is only because of India’s relationship with Russia that we can succeed in bringing this conflict to the negotiating table. He said that we have good relations with Russia. In such a situation, we are able to negotiate with both Russia and Ukraine. We believe that the world and even Australia need a country that can help bring the war to the negotiating table. He also said that it is rare that a war ends on the battlefield, rather most of the time it ends at the negotiating table. Australia is with Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine war. He is providing arms to Ukraine in collaboration with America and Europe. After hearing this complete answer of Jaishankar, it seemed as if the Australian journalist had run out of questions.
FIRST PUBLISHED : November 13, 2024, 2:22 pm IST