Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian diplomat Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat who is serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, representing Gujarat. He has previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.

We would not accept any country telling us who to buy weapons from and who not to buy from.
Terrorism is not something that is being conducted in dark corners of Pakistan. It's done in broad daylight.
If you trade with someone and they are your biggest trading partner, it is impossible you don't have trade issues. — © Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
If you trade with someone and they are your biggest trading partner, it is impossible you don't have trade issues.
In 1992, India launched the India-Asian partnership and by 2005 we were members of the East Asia Summit.
We can determine our strategic part or strategic options, but the strategic framework is something which will evolve from the interaction of world powers with each other.
India supports a rule-based order in Asia, as in the rest of the world. But we confront unavoidable challenges such as terrorism, conflicts, trans-national crimes and maritime threats.
You have expressive nationalism, I mean very identity driven, which shaped each other a lot of that in the Middle East.
In political, strategic as well as economic and commercial areas, Singapore has become a fulcrum for India's policies east of India.
Beyond the traditional areas of cooperation, we have entered the digital age with its own opportunities. The area of fintech needs to be explored.
I don't think that the fundamental issue between India and Pakistan is Kashmir, OK.
Here is the difference, nationalism has a certain connotation in Europe, which is not necessarily positive, but I think in Asia, nationalism is seen very much as a sort of natural corollary to economic progress, almost like you're independent, you progress, you are prosperous and nationalism comes with all of that.
The normal metric of measuring progress has actually been the rate of growth, OK? It's not a wrong metric, but it's not a full metric.
I mean, the United States has had an eighteen-year military commitment in Afghanistan, and frankly, I can't think of any country other than the United States which is even capable of such a commitment.
There is an issue of what does the U.S. expect abroad and what does the U.S. give at home. I think there's a reconciliation there that needs to be done.
Globalisation is under stress due to new and emerging geo-political and geo-economic faultlines.
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