Europe has to grow out of mindset that its problems are world's problems: Jaishankar
India has a difficult relationship with China but it is "perfectly capable" of managing it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, rejecting the European construct that New Delhi's position on Ukraine could impact global support to it if its problems with Beijing increases. Jaishankar asserted that there was no correlation between India's position on Ukraine and its issues with China, adding the "Chinese don't need a precedent somewhere else in the world on how to engage us, or not engage us or be difficult with us, or not be difficult with us". He said it is a "useful reminder" to Europe that there were other things happening in the rest of the world to which Europe perhaps doesn't pay enough attention. Jaishankar said the conflict in Ukraine has to end, a set of people have to engage the players and there must be a collective interest to find resolution, adding that "people will need us".
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