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External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today said that India does not want to simply be a consumer market for other economies. Addressing the Bharat at 100 Summit in New Delhi on the theme of ‘Fuelling Bharat’s Global Rise’, Dr Jaishankar said that global conglomerates and industries are coming to India not just for its market but also for its talent. On China, the minister said that India wants a healthy trade relationship with it but does not want to be dependent upon it.
Talking about imports from Russia, the Minister said that the European nation is a trusted partner along with Australia, Brazil and Indonesia for natural resources that India lacks. He highlighted that with Russia’s trade attention shifting away from West in the past few years, India has been pressing Russian leadership to improve their trade in pharma, marine and agriculture.