S Jaishankar breaks silence on India-Maldives row

While shedding light on the India-Maldives row, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on January 13 asserted that “politics is politics” and it can’t be guaranteed that every country will support or agree with India everytime. EAM Jaishankar was speaking at the Manthan: Townhall meeting in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on Saturday. “Politics is politics. I cannot guarantee that in every country, every day, everybody will support us or agree with us,” he said. Recently, after concluding his China visit, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu said that “Maldives may be small, but it does not give countries the license to bully it,” reported Maldives-based Sun.mv. President Muizzu’s comments came amid India-Maldives Row.