Jaishankar disagrees with CDS: India doesn’t believe in clash of civilisations

A day after Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat mentioned the “clash of civilisations” theory to describe China’s growing ties with the Islamic world vis-a-vis the West, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sought to distance the government from General Rawat’s statement, and told his Chinese counterpart that “India had never subscribed to any clash of civilisations theory”. Read more…