S Jaishankar, the external affairs minister, stated on Thursday that no nation can overcome its issues and become affluent if its "basic industry" is terrorism, with apparent reference to Pakistan. A good discussion with Ministers of Finance, Ibrahim Ameer of Maldives and Lyonpo Namgay of Bhutan at the Asia Economic Dialogue in Pune today. Meanwhile, Jaishankar stated that India's current image portrays a nation that is willing to go to any lengths to safeguard its national security. He also stated that India is a nation that will neither be expelled nor permit its fundamental principles to be violated. We as the president of the G20, at the level of Prime Minister, myself, Finance Minister, Trade Minister and Environment Minister, had a consultation with 125 countries of the global south.
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