Militants who have been involved in terrorism across India for decades know that it is a "different India" that will give them the answer, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, declaring that today the country can meet its national security challenges posed by China and Pakistan.

While addressing the Indian community in Uganda on Wednesday, Mr. Jaishankar spoke about the country's transformation into a new India.

Speaking about the challenges facing India and its borders, Mr. Jaishankar said, "Today people are seeing a different India that is ready to rise in India that will meet its national security challenges, but it is Uri or Balakot."

He refers to the 2016 Uri attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed rebels from Pakistan on the headquarters of the Indian Army and the 2019 Balakot airstrike by Indian aircraft in Balakot, Pakistan, against a training camp terrorism.

"Today, the forces involved in terrorism across India for decades and supported by India, know now that this is a different India and India will give them an answer," he said. - he declares.

He also talked about the challenges in China's border.

"In the last three years, in breaking agreements, the Chinese have brought a lot of power," he said.

Today, the Indian Army is being deployed at a higher level and in a stronger position, he said.

This situation is different from the previous one as the Indian Army now has "full support, they have the right equipment and facilities", he said.

He acknowledged that more work should be done to develop infrastructure in China's territory, as it has been neglected in the past.

"It is a different India that will stand up for itself and the world will recognize that," he said. Today he said that other pressures do not affect India's policy.
"It is a more independent India," he said.

Today, countries will tell us where we should buy our oil and where we should not buy our oil.

He said, "This is India that has to do what is in the interest of its citizens, its consumers."

India seized cheap Russian oil after the West supported Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. India continues to buy Russian oil in large quantities.

Russia remained the largest importer of crude oil, which is converted into gasoline and diesel at refineries, for the sixth month in a row providing more than a third of all of India's oil imports, according to energy supplier Vortexa.