New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pushed back against US official's remarks by saying India's rise is 'unstoppable' and the country alone will determine the trajectory of its growth.
Jaishankar made the remarks during a discussion at the Raisina Dialogue, two days after US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said the US will not repeat the mistake of providing India the same type of economic advantages it gave China.
Jaishankar said India's rise is determined by its strength, not by the mistakes of others, and that the Indian Ocean is the only ocean named after a country because India is 'right in the middle of it'.
He added that India's rise is a 'lifting tide' that will benefit other countries of the Indian Ocean and that those who work with India will get more benefits.
Landau had highlighted the American leader's vision for an 'America First' foreign policy, emphasizing that the US is not a 'charity organisation'.
The US has also given India a temporary 30-day waiver from American sanctions to 'allow' Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, sparking criticism from the opposition Congress party.
