Principles "Cherry-Pick": S Jaishankar Defends India's Stance On Russia
NDTV
S Jaishankar said India know better than almost any other country because immediately after our independence, we experienced aggression, we experienced an effort to change our boundaries.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has defended India's stance on Russia amidst ongoing Ukraine conflict, stating that people tend to "cherry-pick principles" when it suits them and ignore them when it doesn't.
Mr Jaishankar, who is currently on a visit to Japan while responding to a question at the Nikkei Forum on India-Japan Special Strategic Partnership, said that Indian territory has been occupied by another country but the world has maintained silence over the matter.
The foreign minister was asked during the interaction whether India's decision to not criticise Russia and its territorial violation of Ukraine, should be taken to be "double-standards."
