Balakot strike: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that India’s response to terrorism emanating from Pakistan and aggressive cross-border skirmishes with China demonstrated that the country will not be coerced by anyone.He also stated that the country will do everything possible to ensure its security. The Air Force’s Balakot air strikes in response to the Pulwama terror attack in 2019 had sent a much-needed message, he said, referring to the incident in 2019. He was addressing the Tamil weekly Thuglak’s 53rd anniversary here on Saturday evening.
Our counter response was strong and firm to China
“On the northern borders, China is today seeking to change the status quo by bringing in large forces and violating our borders. Despite Covid-19, our counter response was strong and firm. Our troops deployed in thousands safeguarded our frontiers in extreme terrain and harsh border and (protection of borders) continues to this day,” he said.
“The national wellbeing has many facets and national security is without question the basic foundation. All countries are tested in this regard but we perhaps had more than our fair share of problems ranging from insurgency to cross-border terrorism, especially terrorism. The Balakot air strikes sent the much-needed message,” the External Affairs Minister said.
“India is a nation that will not be coerced by anybody and it will do everything to ensure its security,” Jaishankar said.
India’s vaccine campaign lauded abroad
“You may wonder why the External Affairs Minister is talking about all these. During my travels abroad, I have heard warm words on our (COVID-19) vaccines supplied to many developed countries and interest in our technology-enabled governance. My counterparts told me that they also have some issues. But since there’s only one Modi (Prime Minister), I had to tell them to find solutions through technology,” Jaishankar said.
The Central Minister asserted that if the 1947 partition had not occurred, India would have been the world’s largest country, not China, because it cut off many regions.
“India also matters in global security,” Jaishankar added.
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