In a strong message to China, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that if injured, India will not save anyone, as he asserted that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is already a strong country and will be among the top three economic regions. Earth.
Singh, in his address to the Indian-American community in San Francisco, also sent a hidden message to the US that New Delhi does not believe in the diplomacy of the “zero-sum game” and that its relations with one country will not be costly. to another.
The defense minister was here to visit Indian US US minister 2 + 2 in Washington DC. Thereafter, he traveled to Hawaii for meetings at IndoPACOM headquarters and then to San Francisco.
At a tribute ceremony hosted by the Indian Ambassador to San Francisco, the Defense Minister briefed the delegation on the heroism shown by Indian troops on the border with China.
“I will not disclose what they (the Indian soldiers) did and what decisions we (the government) took. But I can definitely say that there has been a message (in China) that India will not let anyone down if India is hurt. “Bharat ko agar koi chherega to Bharat chhorega nahi,” he said.
Disagreements over the Ladakh border between Indian and Chinese troops erupted on May 5, 2020, following violent clashes in Lake Pangong. The face is tense after the Galwan Valley conflict on June 15, 2020. 20 Indian soldiers and an unspecified number of Chinese soldiers have been killed in the conflict.
India and China have held 15 rounds of military talks so far to resolve the eastern conflict in Ladakh. As a result of these talks, both sides completed a non-alignment process last year north and south along Lake Pangong and Gogra.
Despite directly referring to American pressure on Russia over the Ukrainian war, Singh said India does not believe in talking about a “zero-sum game”.
If India has good relations with one country, it does not mean that its relations with any other country will be damaged, he said. “India has never accepted this form of diplomacy. India will never choose this (type of diplomacy). We do not believe in the zero-sum match in international relations,” he said.
India, he said, believes in having bilateral relations based on the “victory” of both countries.
His comments sparked some controversy in Washington over India’s situation with the Ukraine crisis and its decision to buy reduced Russian oil.
“India’s image has changed. India’s image has improved. In the next few years, no power in the world can stop India from becoming the top three economies in the world,” Singh said.
In his address to the Indian community, Singh said that in the past, when there was a country in the world that wanted prosperity and prosperity, they always thought of establishing a strong trade with India.
“We should aim to establish a similar ecosystem in India as we celebrate our 100th anniversary of independence in 2047,” he said.
The Defense Minister said that during his last visit to the US in 2013, at a New Jersey reception area, he told a group of American Indians that “India’s success story is not over, it is waiting for the BJP to come to power.. .
In eight years, he said, the Modi government has “changed” the country and the image of India has changed for the better.
“(All over the world) people have come to realize that India is no longer a weak country. It is a world power. Today India has the power to lead the world. This power in India is something the world has seen now,” he said.
Nothing could be more “a great success” for a country like India in such a short time, he said.
“There have been a few prime ministers of India who became world leaders after taking office. But like Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi were the country’s leaders even before they became prime ministers,” he said.
“Today we have a new and secure Bharat,” he said, adding that India is now looking to become an independent country and that the Modi government is taking a number of important steps in this regard, including the defense sector, he said.
India has taken a number of important steps towards its defense sector, he said as he briefly outlines some of the decisions taken by the government.
Recognizing India’s great faith and hope in the country’s IT sector, the defense minister said Indian talents played a major role in the global IT sector and that the Modi government had taken steps to use digital digitization.
India today, he said, is moving forward to become an economic power and the government is not only working for the well-being and prosperity of its people, but also helping people in other parts of the world.
“India is now one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Our economy has been hit hard by this epidemic. But now we are recovering faster,” he said.