In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

Business and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface.

We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.

If we send industrialists to jail, we would be discouraging investment.

You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.

The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You cant have a government within the country and not have control over everything thats happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.

Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.