India never had a NATO mentality: EAM S Jaishankar SECTIONS Share Synopsis Jaishankar made the remarks at the Raisina Dialogue, in a panel with Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, and Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia in what was first India-France-Australia Ministerial trilateral of sorts. Jaishankar said the Indo-Pacific strategic construct is not about reinforcing the Cold War era but to “overcome” it. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday made it clear that the Quad, is not an “Asian NATO” and India never had a “NATO mentality”. Instead the minister said that in the changing global order, like-minded countries are coming together to form coalitions.