India has always exerted its strategic autonomy, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said, referring to India’s decision to sign a friendship pact with the Soviet Union in 1971, as a “necessary” choice, given the triangular threats India faced from the other big powers, the United States and China. Speaking at the launch of the Aravalli Summit, organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) School of International Studies, marking its 70th anniversary, Mr.
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