Putting India on the map: EAM Jaishankar and his ace comebacks
Gowrish Babu
External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar is right now in New York, US attending UNGA sessions.
The diplomat-turned-politician is always known to call a spade a spade.
Not someone to mince words or be bullied by the West, he often has ace comebacks up his sleeve.
Here are five of his quotes that shows that India finally has a minister who knows how to respond with elan, wit and boldness.
“Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems.”
“We buy in a month from Russia what Europe buys in an afternoon.”
“South Asia is clearly among the least integrated regions of the world and being located at the centre of the Indian Ocean, its dysfunctionality affects that larger space directly.”
“If connectivity is not to acquire sharp strategic meaning, then there must be credible assurances that projects are not used to exert influence.”
“India’s world view is consultative, democratic and equitable, but must find clearer expression.”