One cannot turn a blind eye to the wrong things happening in the neighbourhood, Jaishankar said on Maldives’ ‘India Out’ campaign – no one can escape

Amid attacks on merchant navy ships in the Red Sea and deployment of Indian Navy ships in the region, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said India’s greater capability, its own interest and reputation today guarantee that it will indeed Helps in difficult situations. Responding to a question during an interaction at the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai, Jaishankar said the Indian Navy has deployed 10 of its ships in the region.

He said India’s greater capacity, our own interest and our reputation today guarantee that we help in really difficult situations. Jaishankar said that if bad things are happening in our neighborhood then we will not be considered a responsible country and we say that I have nothing to do with it. On the ‘India Out’ campaign in Maldives, Jaishankar said that at the end of the day neighbors need each other. He said that history and geography are very powerful forces. No one can escape from this.

Indian warship INS Sumitra rescued 19 Pakistani crew of a fishing vessel after an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel was attacked by pirates off the east coast of Somalia, officials said. INS Sumitra is deployed for anti-piracy and maritime security operations east of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. The ship had foiled a piracy attempt on Iranian fishing vessel Iman on Monday.