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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday targeted Jawaharlal Nehru and claimed that past mistakes were responsible for the problems such as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and occupation of some parts of the Indian territory by China...
Referring to India's stand when it was offered a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, he claimed there was a time when Nehru, the country's first prime minister, said "India second, China first"...
Speaking at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry here, Jaishankar was replying to the question whether India should reconcile itself to the status of POK and Indian territories occupied by China, or work to get them back...
We at present are following India first policy, but there was a time when Nehru said India second, China first," he said.. Patel was not in favour of taking the Kashmir issue to the UN as he knew the "mentality" of a judge there, Jaishankar further said.. "If you know that the judge is partial, would you go to seek justice from him?.
"It was when the prime minister put these things forward to US President Joe Biden, it could materialize," he said.. India was working with friendly countries to create new business corridors and the proposed India, UAE, Saudi Arabia to Europe corridor is one of them, the minister said.. India's top priority was exports and Indian businesspersons can take help from the country's embassies in foreign countries to increase exports, he said...
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