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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday emphasised that India has to be the go-to option for any crisis in this subcontinent.

Speaking at the Aravalli Summit on ‘India and the World Order: Preparing for 2047’ at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), he said

India has to itself “underwrite the infrastructure for cooperation” in a scenario of political volatility.

“This is the essence of neighbourhood first policy. India has to be the go-to option in any crisis in this subcontinent.

“The strategic diminishing of India as a result of Partition has to be overcome,” Jaishankar added.

Analysing the global world, the External Affairs Minister said the world is witnessing more competition with the needle shifting away from the promise of cooperation.

“It is driven by

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