India not xenophobic, Its foreign minister says after Biden shock remark

Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar said India is one of the world's fastest-growing economies with annualised GDP growth of 8.4 per cent in the December quarter, according to official data in February. - Photo: The Statesman/Asia News Network

NEW DELHI (AFP): India is not xenophobic, the country's foreign minister has insisted, after comments by US President Joe Biden suggesting the South Asian nation and fellow ally Japan were struggling economically because they rejected immigrants.

Biden, who is seeking reelection against Republican rival Donald Trump in November, made the remarks at a campaign fundraising event in Washington this week.