Focus will be to resolve remaining issues along border; cross-border terror solution with Pakistan: EAM Jaishankar says in first comments after taking charge
The Hindu
Outlining the agenda for his second consecutive term as the External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar said India will focus on resolving the remaining issues along the frontier with China; identified Pakistan’s support to cross-border terrorism as the key issue.
India will focus on resolving the remaining issues along the frontier with China, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on June 11, amid the over four-year-long border row in eastern Ladakh that significantly strained bilateral ties.
Shortly after taking charge of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Jaishankar, referring to cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan, said efforts will be made to address the challenge.
Mr. Jaishankar, 69, was among senior BJP leaders, including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman, who retained the Ministries that they handled in the previous government.
The External Affairs Minister said, “Bharat First” (India First) and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The world is one family) will be the two guiding axioms of Indian foreign policy.
“Together, we are very confident it will position us as ‘Vishwa Bandhu’ — a country which is in a very turbulent world, in a very divided world, a world of conflicts and tensions, it would actually position us as a country which is trusted by many, whose prestige and influence will grow, whose interests will be advanced,” he said.
On ties with China going forward, Mr. Jaishankar said some issues remained along the border with that country and efforts will be made to resolve them.
“Our focus with regard to China will be on how to resolve the remaining issues,” he told reporters.
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