NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, while responding to supplementaries of members during question hour in Lok Sabha on Friday, said Indian security forces would be going to all patrolling points in Depsang in Ladakh and also to the eastward limit which have historically been India’s patrolling limit.
“Those disengagement agreements (with China) also had certain provisions where both sides on a temporary basis had agreed to put certain restraint on themselves,” he said while urging the members to read his statement which he earlier made in the Parliament.
“Treatment of minorities in Bangladesh is a matter of concern for India and New Delhi hopes that Dhaka will take action for their safety,” Jaishankar said, adding, India hopes the new dispensation in Bangladesh will settle down to a mutually beneficial stable relationship with India.
Responding to a question on Pakistan, he said India would like to have good relations with Pakistan like any other neighbour. “But, like any other neighbour, we would also like to have relations free of terrorists… We have made it very clear that it is for the Pakistani side to show that they are changing their behaviour of the past and if they don’t, of course, there are implications on relations. So the ball is very much in Pakistan’s court in this regard,” said Jaishankar.
Replying to a question on a picture of Nepal currency that allegedly showed a part of Indian territory as its own, the minister said that India’s position regarding the border is “very clear”.