EAM Jaishankar also described his visit to Tanzania where he received a rousing welcome from the local people of the country and shared that people turned out in large numbers and they knew that India provided them tap water.
The decades-old issue of Katchatheevu island continued to heat up on Monday, with both Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition training guns at each other, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
On relations between India and the UAE, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that in the last ten years, the perception of India has changed to quite an extent in the Gulf country.
Appreciating the strong presence of Gujarat when it comes to business, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the people of the state are spread across the world and are very globalised.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India does not want baby Ariha Shah to get away from her own culture and environment as she is in the custody of Child Services in Germany.
Taking a jibe at China over its claims on the state of Arunachal Pradesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that changing names won't have any effect and the northeastern state was, is and will always be India's part.
The Congress leader, speaking to ANI, claimed that sufferings of over 6 lakhs Tamils who were in Sri Lanka compelled the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi to acknowledge that the island belonged to the neighbouring country.
"This did not involve either acquiring or ceding of territory belonging to India since the area in question had never been demarcated. Under the Agreements, the Island of Katchatheevu lies on the Sri Lankan side of the India-Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line," the RTI reply from
"This is an observation by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in May of 1961. He says, he writes, I attach no importance at all to this little island and I would have no hesitation in giving up our claim to it. I do not like matters like this pending. Indefinitely and being raised a
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar responds to US Ambassador Eric Garcetti's 'red line' statement on Pannun case made in ANI podcast while speaking at the BJP's conference on Monday
"Now, every political party in Tamil Nadu has taken a position on this. Two parties, the Congress and the DMK, have approached this matter as though they have no responsibility for it. As though the situation is for today's central government to resolve, there is no history to this, this