Stability and growth need to be our common objective: EAM Jaishankar
Jaishankar on Friday stressed the need for global stability, suggesting that the last thing that the world needs to see is «any kind of disturbance», a statement that came amid increasing tensions in the Taiwan Strait in the wake of growing Chinese aggression,
Jaishankar's remarks came in response to a question during an interaction at the Nikkei Forum in Japan. He was in Tokyo on a three-day visit.
Explaining India's response to a Taiwan contingency as a partner of Japan, Jaishankar said, «Today, the state of the world is very disturbed. We are seeing conflicts. We saw Covid. There are very big economic issues which are below the surface. The last thing that the world needs to see is any kind of disturbance, you know, at this moment. How to strengthen the stability and the growth and development of the world should be a common objective.»
Jaishankar was also asked whether India would impose sanctions in the event of a «Taiwan contingency» if Russia and North Korea took part in Chinese aggression. «By and large it has not been India's foreign policy method really to do the sanctions issue,» he said and underlined that sanctions are often rooted in Western or G7 approaches, questioning their efficacy and broader impact. «The only time when we strongly advocated for sanctions was against South Africa during the apartheid period. At that time, most of the developed countries did not want to impose sanctions,» he said. «It's a big debate… Do sanctions really wor? What is the cost? What is the cost to people who apply
