External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday noted that India has multiple neighbours, but some are better than others.

Without naming Pakistan, the External Affairs Minister said India cannot wish away a difficult neighbour, however unpleasant it may be.

Speaking at the Aravalli Summit 2025 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jaishankar also outlined India’s approach to its neighbours and the evolving global order, stressing the importance of strategic autonomy.

“We have multiple neighbours, and some are better than others. The hyphenation happens with a neighbour who is not so nice," he said, explaining that “when we say de-hyphenation, it means it is our objective that decisions made by third countries about us are made keeping in mind as a primary factor of calculation. Now, tha

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