‘Don’t make it a causality’: Jaishankar on India-China relations; says ties not dependent on US

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NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that India’s relationship with China should not be viewed through the prism of its ties with the United States.Speaking at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2025, Jaishankar said, “What I want you to understand is it's not black and white. It's not that something has happened with America, so therefore, immediately, something has happened with China. There are different timelines of different lengths on different problems.”He added that it would be a “mistaken analysis” to assume events with Washington automatically dictated New Delhi’s stance with Beijing. “There is a...