India, Sept. 13 -- SCO meeting has noted the strength and confidence with which India has dealt with China.

After the recent visit by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Russia to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO's) defence ministers' meeting, there have been speculation about India's increasing role in global affairs. It was followed up by External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar's visit to Russia to participate at the SCO foreign ministers' meet and demonstrated India's willingness to achieve perpetual peace during the time of the crisis ongoing with China.

Referring to the talks with his Russian counterpart, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar termed these as "excellent". This reflected the "Special and Pri...