EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the world, especially the Global South, perceives India as a credible and effective development partner with delivery on the ground. Addressing a press conference on nine years of the Narendra Modi Government’s foreign policy, Jaishankar said there has been strategic clarity and the second image of India is that of an economic collaborator.

 

“The world, especially the Global South, perceives India as a development partner - as a credible, effective development partner with delivery on the ground,” he said. Jaishankar said, there is a very conscious drive for technology upgrade which is opening opportunities for the youth. ‘Ties with China cannot progress without peace, tranquillity at border’: IN CLEAR message to Beijing, India on Thursday described as unfounded any expectation that it will normalise its ties with China when the border situation in eastern Ladakh is not normal with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar describing the “forward deployment” of troops as the main problem.