its image as a non-aligned nation and led some observers to question India's non-alignment. Rather than an issue of non-aligned solidarity, India's declining influence in non-aligned areas compared to the rise of China also affected the international withdrawal of support to India. There was no commitment for the non-aligned nations to help each other. Non-alignment also affected India's bilateral relations with many countries. 21st century In 2019, India was represented at the 18th NAM summit by its vice president and external affairs minister. In May 2020, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a NAM virtual summit. In July 2020, India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said during an interview; "non-alignment was a term of a particular era and a particular, shall I say, geopolitical landscape". See also Foreign relations of India Cold War in Asia#India 7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Non-Aligned Movement Group of 15 Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement Egypt and the Non-Aligned Movement References Notelist ReferencesBibliography Further reading Chaudhuri, Rudra. Forged in Crisis: India and the United States since 1947. Oxford University Press, 2014. External links India reasserts firm commitment to NAM https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/1992-03-01/india-after-nonalignment International Institute for Non-Aligned Movement History of the Republic of India Foreign relations of India Non-Aligned Movement