Global Rise Of India, Efforts To Stop It Will Also Increase
Global rise of India, efforts to stop it will also increase says S Jaishankar.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday that India’s rise would bring all kinds of reactions and efforts would be made to reduce the country’s influence and limit its interests.
On the 19th anniversary of the attack on Parliament, the Foreign Minister said in an indirect reference to Pakistan.
He said India is facing ‘permanent problems’ such as cross-border terrorism and in the coming times, national security challenges will be different.
Conditions now unattainable for India to focus on its ‘hard power’
In the second ‘Manohar Parrikar Smriti Lecture’ Jaishankar also said that India has expanded its global interests and reach and that the conditions are now irrefutable to focus on its own ‘hard power’ (military and economic powers).
Jaishankar said, ‘The national security challenges facing Udayaman India will definitely be different. At one level our problems related to our national consolidation and development will continue.
He said, ‘Long-term political rivalry is being expressed by a neighbor as cross-border terrorism on a continuous basis.’
Need to constantly monitor the activities of terrorist groups
The External Affairs Minister referred to the anniversary of the Parliament attack and said that ‘in some other cases, the activities of terrorist groups need to be constantly monitored and stopped’.
He said, ‘The world is a competitive place and there will be all kinds of reactions to the rise of India. Efforts will be made to reduce our influence and limit our interests.
Some of these competitions may be directly in the security sector, while others may also be reflected in the economic sector, connectivity, and social contexts.
He emphasized that there should be more uniformity and convergence in foreign and military policies.
Discussing the various security challenges facing India, the foreign minister said that the country cannot ignore the efforts that undermine national integrity and unity.
He said, ‘There are very few major nations which still have the same turbulent boundaries as ours.
Equally relevant is a very different challenge that we have been facing for years, intense terrorism imposed on us by a neighbor. We also cannot ignore conspiracies to undermine our national integrity and unity.
Jaishankar’s message to China
Jaishankar said, ‘Apart from these exception factors, there are daily challenges of large boundaries and long sea area.
The thinking and planning of the government operating in such an uncertain environment should naturally give priority to strict security.
He said that the era of ‘unlimited military conflict’ may be left behind, but limited warfare and resistant diplomacy are still a fact of life to a large extent.
Regarding India’s growing global stature, Jaishankar said that the country’s ‘relationship with the world’ cannot be like when its ranking was very low.
He said, ‘Our participation in the world has definitely increased and our expectations have also increased accordingly.
In simple words, India is more attentive and our view of the world should be seen in all its perspectives.
“The global issues of our time, whether we talk about climate change or trade flows or health concerns or data security, India’s position has more impact on the final results,” he said.
