Jaishankar vs. Manoj Jha in Parliament

Brut India

When MP Manoj Jha questioned External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar over India’s foreign policy on the Israel-Palestine conflict...

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00:00It seems that the foreign policy has only been shaped after 2014.

00:05So, this 2014-centric approach of foreign policy

00:09undermines the people and the processes which were involved since 1947.

00:15Yes, 2014 was a watershed moment.

00:17Yes, things have changed better after 2014.

00:20Yes, our foreign policy has become more dynamic,

00:23more effective, more prominent after 2014.

00:30The world is changing.

00:33The world is changing.

00:36The world is changing.

00:39The world is changing.

00:42The world is changing.

00:45The world is changing.

00:48The world is changing.

00:51The world is changing.

00:54The world is changing.

00:57The world is changing.

01:00The world is changing.

01:03The world is changing.

01:06The world is changing.

01:09The world is changing.

01:12In a conflict between oppressor and the oppressed,

01:15India never was neutral.

01:17Between a fight between an elephant and an ant,

01:20if your neutrality helps the elephant.

01:23I think there somehow, recent developments in Gaza,

01:27I think I didn't hear anything from the government of India.

01:30On the Gaza issue and the Palestine issue,

01:34because some other members also raised it,

01:37we are very clear on Palestine.

01:40We support, sir, a two-state solution.

01:43We want a two-state solution with the two states living peacefully side by side.

01:48Some of the members suggested somewhere that

01:51our support or empathy for the Palestinians had changed.

01:56In fact, our financial support for the Palestinian Refugee Welfare Agency has gone up

02:01in the tenure of this government.

02:04And finally, between Ukraine and Russia,

02:07it was a very, very delicate chapter.

02:10We have our versions different from you,

02:13but whatever I think you could create a space, you did.

02:16But it could have been better.

02:18Professor Jha suggested that he could do my job better.

02:22I mean, that is certainly his...

02:25You know, he is free to hold that opinion.

02:28What I do want to say is we have, one, been clear,

02:33publicly clear at the Prime Minister's level,

02:36that this is not an era of war.

02:39We have consistently urged dialogue and diplomacy.

02:43When it comes to the impact of the war

02:47on Indian people or in the rest of the world,

02:50we have also done the right things about that.

02:53We have taken measures to soften the impact,

02:56whether it is of fuel or whether it is of food inflation,

03:02whether it is of fertilizer costs.

03:04There are certain concerns which I would like to know from you.

03:08Many a time when we read about the Government of India's stand

03:11or position or position paper,

03:13it seems that the foreign policy has only been shaped after 2014.

03:18So this 2014-centric approach of foreign policy

03:22undermines the people and the processes which were involved since 1947.

03:28The view of foreign policy is 2014-centric.

03:32I don't think that is accurate.

03:34I think if you look at everything that I have said,

03:38it is not that in some way I'm suggesting

03:43that what has been a continuing strain on our foreign policy.

03:49Yes, 2014 was a watershed moment.

03:51Yes, things have changed better after 2014.

03:54Yes, our foreign policy has become more dynamic,

03:57more effective, more prominent after 2014.

04:00So I think I'm so glad you picked up the 2014 issue

04:03and I hope you will be supportive of it.

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