India’s Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar has said that India’s neighborhood first policy is clearly associated with a generous and non-reciprocal approach to our immediate proximity.

Addressing an event organized to mark 8 years of Modi government in New Delhi, he said: “If you consider Neighborhood First, for example, it is now clearly associated with a generous and non-reciprocal approach to our immediate proximity.”

“We envisage India as a larger lifting tide for the entire region. Our investments in connectivity, expansion of contacts, and promotion of cooperation have also been noteworthy. Whether it was during Covid or the current economic challenges, India has gone the extra mile for its neighbors and will continue to do so,” he said.

The Indian Minister said the support that we received from Ukraine’s neighbors during neighbors Ganga was also very valuable. On our part, it is by now established tradition that any rescue and relief effort also covers citizens of other countries, he said.

I hope that you also share my belief that Indian foreign policy thinking is displaying greater conceptual and operational clarity, he said.