S Jaishankar said, “Bhutto Zardari came as foreign minister of SCO member country, it is part of multilateral exposure and we do not see anything more than this.” On Pakistan’s call for collective dialogue on terrorism, the External Affairs Minister said, victims of terrorism are not criminals to discuss terrorism with it. He said that Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will always be a part of India.
Regarding Sino-Pak economic demography, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that connectivity is good for progress, but cannot violate territorial integrity and sovereignty of nations.
Between the two foreign ministers in the SCO meeting entrance talks Not done.
Jaishankar said, “Pakistan’s credibility on terrorism is depleting faster than their foreign exchange reserves.” S Jaishankar, in an apparent jibe at Pakistan, reeling from the crippling financial crisis, has been forced to give door-to-door connectivity to take it alone.
S Jaishankar said that, “I say that they (Pakistan) have nothing to do with G20. I also maintain that they have nothing to do with Srinagar. There is only one place to discuss Kashmir.” My hope is that he will end his illegal business on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
S Jaishankar’s remarks came on a day when five Indian Army soldiers were killed in action during an ongoing search operation in a forest near Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. Suspected Pakistani terrorists carried out a deadly attack on an army truck last week, in which five other soldiers were killed.
India has at times supported terrorism on its soil and documents in J&K have evidence of Pakistan’s active involvement on record. Masood Azhar, the UN declared Global Terrorist, 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and many others are in Pakistan.
Bilawal Bhutto’s son Bilawal Bhutto is the first foreign minister of Pakistan to visit India in nearly 12 years. In the year 2011, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, close to Pakistan, visited India.
At the OSC meeting, Jaishankar called for unity efforts to fight terrorism. He said that turning a blind eye to terrorism would be bad for the SCO.
Jaishankar said, “We must not allow anyone, individual or state, to hide behind a non-state actor. To turn a blind eye to this danger would be counterproductive.”
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