Washington DC: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a strong message to China said that if India is harmed, will not spare anyone. He further asserted that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as a powerful country. India is heading to be among the top three economies of the world.
Addressing the Indian-American community in San Francisco, Singh sent a message to the US that New Delhi does not believe in a diplomacy of “zero-sum game”. Its relationship with one country cannot be at the expense of the other.
The Defence Minister was at Washington DC to attend the India US 2+2 ministerial. Later he travelled to Hawaii for meetings at IndoPACOM headquarters and then to San Francisco.
In San Francisco, at a reception hosted in his honour by the Indian Consulate, the Minister told the gathering about the valour shown by Indian soldiers on the border with China.
“I cannot say openly what they (Indian soldiers) did and what decisions we (the government) took. But I can definitely say that a message has gone (to China) that India will not spare anyone if India is harmed. (Bharat ko agar koi chherega to Bharat chhorega nahi),” he said.
On May 5, 2020, the Ladakh border standoff erupted between China and India. Following this, there was a violent clash in the Pangong lake areas. The face-off escalated after the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15, 2020. As many as 20 Indian soldiers and an unspecified number of Chinese troops were killed in the clashes.
To resolve the issue, India and China have held 15 rounds of Military Talks. As a result of the talks, the two sides completed the disengagement process last year on the north and south banks of the Pangong lake and in the Gogra area.
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