EAM: For Opposition, partisan politics more important than progress

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday released a video containing the salient points of his statement in the Rajya Sabha the previous day..

This was an unprecedented third time that the minister recounted some important developments pertaining to foreign policy..

In the video, Jaishankar regretted that for the Opposition, partisan politics was more important than national progress. He said a key outcome of PM Modis visit was the MoU to manufacture GE 414 jet engine in India for the Light Combat Aircraft, which marks a significant jump in technology cooperation..

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