New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Noting that India has multiple neighbours and some are better than others, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that "hyphenation happens with a neighbour who is not so nice" and that the best way of de-hyphenation is to outstrip the other party in terms of power and capability.

Without directly naming Pakistan, Jaishankar said India cannot wish away a difficult neighbour, however unpleasant it may be.

Jaishankar, who was answering questions after his remarks at the Aravalli Summit 2025 at JNU, indicated that the countries no longer draw an equivalence between India and Pakistan as was heard in the seventies.

"The first question about hyphenation. We have multiple neighbours. Some are clearly bette...