Foreign Minister Jaishankar has given a strict warning regarding the comments of other countries regarding the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
He said that the international community should avoid unnecessary commentary on India’s internal issues. Other countries should maintain their decorum.
There will be a strict response to any such interference. In recent days, regarding the arrest of Kejriwal in the Delhi liquor scam case, diplomats from America, Germany and the United Nations had issued statements asking to keep an eye on India.
India has expressed strong protest against the comments being made by the international community on India’s internal issues.
“Someone asked a UN person (about Kejriwal’s arrest), and he gave some answer,” Jaishankar told reporters. But in other cases, I would say very clearly that these are old habits, bad habits.
Jaishankar stressed the importance of respecting the sovereignty of nations and refraining from interfering in each other’s domestic affairs.
maintain decorum
“There is a certain dignity between countries,” he said. We are sovereign countries, we should not interfere in each other’s internal affairs, we should not comment on each other’s politics.
The External Affairs Minister said that there are certain etiquettes and traditions which should be followed in international relations. If any country comments on Indian politics, they will get a very strong reply from us and this has also happened.
Jaishankar further said, “We urge all the countries of the world that you have your own views about the world, but no country, especially no one has the right to comment on the politics of another country.”
Government has summoned American diplomat
Earlier, the External Affairs Ministry had summoned a senior US diplomat in protest against the US State Department’s call for fair legal process for arrested Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal.
A similar protest was also lodged with Germany. The ministry had issued a strong statement saying that diplomacy requires different countries to respect the sovereignty and internal affairs of others.
China scolded on Arunachal
Jaishankar, speaking to the media here, also condemned China’s efforts to change the names of several places in Arunachal Pradesh, terming it illogical and once again said that the northeastern state is an integral part of India.
In response to China releasing the fourth list of new names for several places in Arunachal Pradesh, Jaishankar reiterated India’s stand on the region and emphasized that Arunachal Pradesh has always been and will remain an integral part of India.