India desires good relations with the whole world but will make no compromise on its foreign and security policies when it comes to the security of the country’s borders and its citizens, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Monday.
While India has emerged as a provider of solutions to the world in areas such as environment and digital infrastructure, all countries will have to come together on a common platform to tackle terrorism and its financing, Shah said at an event to mark the release of the Foreign Policy Survey 2023 by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
“There is no gap between foreign policy and security policy. We want good relations with the whole world, but we also want respect for our borders and the security of our nationals,” Shah said, speaking in Hindi.
“If there is a question of a choice between these two, our priority is our borders and the security of our citizens. But we also want friendship with the world, there is no confusion or contradiction in this.”Shah contended that there was no policy for internal and external security till 2014, and the BJP-led government created infrastructure to strengthen internal and external security in the past 10 years.
“Security policy was buried under the weight of India’s foreign policy. Now our foreign policy is clear – we want friendship with the whole world and we will make no compromise on the security of our borders, our country and our citizens,” he said.
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