India had faced similar challenges in the past too, and had emerged from such a quagmire by following its own interests, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during an event. He said India’s foreign policy is “to some extent, being agnostic and being independent”.

Speaking at the first Aravali Summit hosted by Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of International Studies to mark its 70th anniversary, Jaishankar said: “Even in the past, if you refer to the Indo-Soviet relationship, what we did was in our national interest. At that time, we were boxed in by a US-Pakistan-China triangle. That was not the time to say let me be neutral and this side has as much value as that side. There was only one side and that was our side. That side dictated that whatever we have to do in our nation

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