In Swipe At China, India Says It Ensured Help Doesn't Create Indebtedness
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MoS Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh was addressing UNSC debate on 'Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Exclusion, Inequality and Conflict'
India today told the UNSC that it has always strived to foster global solidarity across the world with its development partnership efforts fully respecting national priorities and ensured that its assistance does not create "indebtedness", in an apparent swipe at China.
Addressing the UN Security Council open debate on 'Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Exclusion, Inequality and Conflict' held under the current presidency of Mexico, Minister of State for External Affairs Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said whether it is with India's neighbours under the "Neighbourhood First" policy or with African partners or with other developing countries, "India has remained and will continue to be a source of strong support to help them build back better and stronger".
"India has always strived to foster global solidarity across the world with our development partnership efforts fully respecting national priorities and ensuring that our assistance remains demand-driven, contributes to employment generation and capacity building and does not create indebtedness. This is particularly true in countries in the post-conflict phase," Mr Singh said.
Mr Singh's remarks appeared to be a thinly-veiled reference to China.
