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Modi Foreign Policy Innovative, But No Success On Ground. Former Indian envoy Jayant Prasad, addressing the round table on Wednesday evening at India Habitat Centre, said: \"Modi is not looking at India as a balancing power but as a potentially leading power, and whether or not he succeeds will depend on success on the ground.\"
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New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government's foreign policy is more "vigorous" and "innovative" than the previous regime, the prime minister having visited 16 countries in 11 months, but there is a dire need for greater integration between foreign policy and defence, experts said.
Speakers at a 'Review of PM's Three-Nation Foreign Visit' felt the Modi government's foreign policy is a continuation of that of the previous Manmohan Singh government, but with some "tweaking" and "innovation" to highlight strengths.
Former Indian envoy Jayant Prasad, addressing the round table on Wednesday evening at India Habitat Centre, said: "Modi is not looking at India as a balancing power but as a potentially leading power, and whether or not he succeeds will depend on success on the ground."
Modi visited France, Germany and Canada earlier this month.
Prasad said that India must do more to engage the European Union, and that the grouping "can play and has played a critical role" with regard to support for India, including in the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Modi's proposed visit to Brussels, the headquarters of the 28-member European Union, was called off after the EU failed to respond with dates. The stand-off with Italy over the Italian Marines' case is viewed as a spoiler.
Admiral Arun Prakash, former Chief of the Naval Staff, said India is among the highest arms importer in the world, while China in comparison has become a major arms exporter. "The leadership has missed the bus. You can't call yourself a regional player when you import arms," he said at the event organised by think tank Society for Policy Studies (SPS).
