India’s overall diplomatic relationship with various countries in recent times has been fairly impressive, D.B. Venkatesh Varma, chair, 2026-27 UN Advisory Board on Disarmament, has said.
Mr. Varma, replying to questions after delivering a special lecture on ‘India’s Strategic Autonomy in a Changing World’, organised by the National Institute of Advanced Studies in honour of Ambassador P.S. Raghavan and his legacy, said, India had maintained its relationships with Russia and also handled the U.S. relatively better than most countries.
“It is not just a test of diplomacy it is also a test of leverage. This combination we have achieved in a manner where we have maintained our relationships with Russia. We have also taken the storm, it is rather a turbulent period of our relationship with the U.S. We have it relatively better than many other countries. It’s not easy to deal with the U.S. today.”
He further added that India had subsequently strengthened our relationship with the European Union, France and Brazil.
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