We cannot become a ‘middleman country’ like Pakistan… Know why the Foreign Minister said this in the all-party meeting?
New Delhi. The crisis is deepening across the world due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia. The central government called an all-party meeting on Wednesday to discuss the challenges faced in India. This meeting was presided over by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. During the meeting, the government assured all the parties that there are sufficient energy reserves in the country and there is no need to panic. That being said, the government said in the meeting that there is no need to panic, there are ample reserves of crude oil and gas and more ships are coming.
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The government said that its priority is to meet the security and domestic energy needs of NRIs. The government said that LPG production has increased by about 60 percent. At the same time, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that 4 ships have arrived and some more ships are about to arrive. Regarding Indians stranded in Gulf countries, the government said that our embassies are working continuously and till now 4.25 lakh Indians have been brought safely.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that all parties participated in the meeting and assured to stand with the government. He said that all the questions of the opposition were answered and detailed information on the current situation was shared. Thanking all the parties, Rijiju said that political parties have shown unity on the issue of national interest and whatever step the government takes as per the situation, it will get full support.
At the same time, the opposition representatives asked the Foreign Minister that Pakistan is playing the role of mediator in the Iran war, while we are still remaining a silent spectator. On this, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar gave a blunt reply. If media reports are to be believed, the Foreign Minister said that Pakistan has been doing this since 1981. There is nothing new in this. Further, Foreign Minister Jaishankar said that we cannot become a ‘middleman country’ like Pakistan.
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