President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday asked New Delhi's envoys to foreign nations to ensure that India appropriately responds to the new challenges posing the changing world order.
“I do believe that at this stage, the dynamics of the new world order must be well analysed and understood. As Heads of Missions, you shall have to ensure that India, as a respected and responsible player in world affairs and an emerging economic power, responds to the new challenges appropriately – to her best advantage, safeguarding her core interests at all times,” Mukherjee said.
He was addressing the annual conclave of India’s Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consul Generals in foreign nations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, addressed them earlier in the day.
“This year, you have had to address the dramatic changes in the international political and security scenario. The traditional equations of power, ‘hyper-power’ and global influence have been altered in a manner that few anticipated. There is a new World Order,” the President told the heads of overseas missions of India.
Mukherjee noted that the reforms and recent initiatives of the government had made India’s economy attractive for investors and its industrial sector viable for prospective partners.
He noted that technology had revolutionised the way of sharing knowledge, doing business, consult, and even doing diplomatic works. “In some countries, it is being used to create vast capacities for eavesdropping and cyber warfare. You are, no doubt, looking at all of these issues and addressing them comprehensively,” he added.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday inaugurated the eighth Heads of Missions Conference.
Published 06 May 2017, 20:29 IST