Political Science · India's Foreign Policy
UGC NET Oct 2020 Political Science
Leaders of which organisation were invited during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in in 2014?
AASEAN
BBIMSTEC
CSAARC ✓ Correct
DSCO
Correct answer: (C) SAARC — The leaders of SAARC were invited in 2014, so the answer is SAARC.
Explanation
★The leaders of SAARC were invited in 2014, so the answer is SAARC.
★At his first swearing-in in 2014, Modi invited the heads of all SAARC countries.
★This signalled a 'Neighbourhood First' approach to India's foreign policy.
★SAARC is the South Asian regional grouping founded in Dhaka in 1985.
★By contrast, BIMSTEC leaders were invited at Modi's second swearing-in in 2019.
★The shift to BIMSTEC in 2019 reflected SAARC's stagnation over Pakistan tensions.
★Both gestures used the inauguration to make a foreign-policy statement.
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