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Indian External Affairs Minister: Managing China “Hasn’t Been Easy”

by Cobus van Staden
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaking with Columbia University Professor Arvind Panagariya in New York on September 21, 2022. Image via @DrSJaishankar.

India’s Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has admitted that his country’s relationship with China “hasn’t been easy” but said the two should find ways of working together to ensure the “rise of Asia.”

Jaishankar was in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and spoke at a public event at Columbia University. 

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