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External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday compared a "business like" China to an ATM machine while he described India as a "softly-softly" nation, which stressed on long-term development partnerships.
Speaking at the first India Day at Oxford University, he said: "Sometimes it is said that maybe India is not assertive enough. But a softly-softly approach leads to the desired change, without upheavals. We do not assert ourselves by intruding, dictating or imposing. It is an approach that has worked for us in the region (South Asia) and globally.
Speaking at the first India Day at Oxford University, he said: "Sometimes it is said that maybe India is not assertive enough. But a softly-softly approach leads to the desired change, without upheavals. We do not assert ourselves by intruding, dictating or imposing. It is an approach that has worked for us in the region (South Asia) and globally.