New Delhi, April 30 -- Defence Experts weighed in on India's new diplomatic approach with Pakistan, backing Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's message "bhay bin hoye na preet", underlining the necessity to maintain the "position of strength" and to "instil fear", dropping the strategy to expect friendly relations.

In a conversation during ANI's National Security Summit 2.0, Tilak Devasher, Former Member of the NSA advisory board, noted India's previous attempt at "goodwill" with Pakistan has been interpreted as "weakness."

"I took it as a strength that you can only be friends if you are sure about yourself, sure about your position, and you speak from a position of strength. I think what he (Rajnath Singh) was trying to say, what I got, t...