India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has spoken for the first time on the ongoing diplomatic row between India and the Maldives. Addressing an event in Maharashtra's Nagpur on Saturday (Jan 13), Foreign Minister Jaishankar asserted that "politics is politics" and it could not be guaranteed that every nation would support or agree with India every time, reported news agency ANI.
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The remarks by the Maldivian dignitaries had led to an Indian backlash, with celebrities including Sachin Tendulkar and Akshay Kumar wading into the controversy