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.