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Indian Foreign Policy

The basic principles of the Indian Foreignnamely, CTBT and NPT. These treaties refer to
Policy were sown at the time of the freedomnuclear disarmament without mentioning any
struggle for Indian independence. The primarycourse of action for the already manufactured
tenets  of  this  can  be  summarized  as  :-nuclear  arms by the Nuclear Power Countries.
Keeping faith in maintaining good relationsIn quest of freeing the oppressed people of
with the neighbors as well as all otherthe world, India has played historic roles in
countries  round  the  globe.liberating Bangladesh from the oppressive
clutches of Pakistan. As Indian Foreign
Strong belief in non-interference with thePolicy believes in peaceful negotiations in
sovereignty  of  all  nation.resolving a conflict, so India had
implemented two agreements of 1964 and 1974
Non-partisan outlook towards world powersfor establishing the right of people of
with  stress  on  non-alignment.Indian  origin  to  live  in  Sri  Lanka.
India believes that the conflicts between theBut with the fall of USSR, the priorities
nations can be resolved through peacefulalong with the policies of the Indian
negotiations.Government have changed. For maintaining its
pace with the changed scenario and time,
Significant part of Indian Foreign PolicyIndian Foreign Policy has also seen certain
occupies Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Thereadjustments.
first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal
Nehru, was one of the main proponents of thisSome of the main foreign issues that would
movement. NAM stresses on the fact that thegive an overview of the current trend in
countries under this banner would not haveIndian Foreign Policy are listed below in the
any kind of biasness towards any world power.bulleted  format  :-
The importance of this movement gained
momentum at the time of Cold War between USAHighest emphasis was given in building good
and  the  then  USSR.as well as productive relationship with the
neighbor. Resolving the internal crisis of
India considers colonialism as one of theNepal through repeated negotiations was
main hindrances in the path of a nation'sbrokered by India. Indian Foreign Policy is
development. Hence, to pursue its motive ingiving highest priority in the maintenance of
eradicating the evil of colonialism from thepeace in the South Asian region for the sake
global arena, India has taken a leading roleof mutual benefit of countries through
in the same. Indian Foreign Policy hadprofitable  trade  relations.
initiated the process of raising a special
fund called Action For Resistance toIndia has shown maximum restraint in dealing
Invasion, Colonialism and Apartheid or simplywith Pakistan and has opted the route of
AFRICA, meant for eradicating the racial andrepeated round table negotiations between the
colonial discrimination from the world. Thisheads of the states along with their
initiative  was  started  in  the  year 1986.respective  foreign  affair  executives.
One of the main objectives of Indian ForeignIndian Foreign Policy has also stressed in
Policy is general as well as totalbuilding up long term commercial as well as
disarmament of all nations around the world.peaceful relation with China. This process
As per India, the main concern of todayswas kicked off through visit of top notches
world is the race among all the countries offrom  both  the  countries  to  the  other.
the world in becoming nuclear power. In
achieving this end, India has also placed anIndian Foreign Policy has been able to forge
action plan before the UN General Assembly inan alliance between the fastest growing
the year 1988 for establishing a peacefulnations of the world namely, Brazil, Russia
world with no threat of nuclear warfare. Atand China. This commercial relationship is
the same time Indian Foreign Policy hascommonly known as BRIC.
denounced two discriminatory treaties,



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