Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has stated that people generally tend to have good feelings towards India and understand the importance of having good relations with India.

Jaishankar's statement came in response to a question where he was asked about the rift between India and Maldives, and how India ensures that their interests are furthered irrespective of global change in governments.

Replying to the question, Jaishankar noted that India's neighborhood first policy is their answer to such issues.

He further added that it cannot be guaranteed that every country, in every day will support India or agree with its decisions. But to tackle this, India has been trying to build very strong connections with countries.

"So that though the politics may go up and down, the people of that country and the society generally has good feelings towards India and understands the importance of having good relations with India," he added.

He explained further that such connections are made by being involved in building roads, supplying fuel, providing trade access, making investments, and having their people holiday in other countries.

"All these are part of how you develop those relationships," Jaishankar stressed.

Jaishankar ended the answer by stating that when things don't go in a good way, you have to reason with people and bring things back to where it should be.