“In terms of Afghanistan, please show me which part of the rules-based order justified what the world did there,” asked Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar at the Raisina Dialogue, responding to diplomats from Norway and Luxembourg who had criticized India’s stance on the Ukraine conflict. He urged them to reflect on what happened in Afghanistan, “when an entire civil society was thrown under the bus by the world.”
On the Ukraine conflict itself, “There will be no winners out of this conflict,” he assessed. And he reminded his European colleagues on notice that “there is also a world out there,” adding, “I’m very glad you’re sitting here in India. And I would remind you that there are equally pressing issues in other parts of the world. I mentioned Afghanistan. I mentioned the challenges we are facing in Asia.”
The Raisina Dialogue — at which Helga Zepp-LaRouche spoke in 2016 — is an annual event hosted by the Observer Research Foundation. Indian Prime Minister Modi opened this year’s event.
