Srinagar, May 17 -- India's foreign policy is focused on peace, development, and the safeguarding of strategic interests amid a transforming global order. As a major democracy and developing country, its foreign policy is rooted in the past while also responding to contemporary geopolitical needs. India's foreign policy is based on non-violence, self-determination, and peaceful coexistence, initially shaped by Prime Minister Nehru during the Cold War, when India followed non-alignment. India's values were also given in the Panchsheel Agreement with China in 1954. It was this five-principle agreement, i.e., mutual respect, non-aggression, non-interference, equality, and peaceful coexistence which has remained the guiding force for India's ...