The exterior affairs minister added that India will “no longer fall for nuclear blackmail” in terms of combating the rise of cross-border terrorism.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar speaks throughout inauguration of an exhibition titled ‘The Human Cost of Terrorism’ on the UN headquarters, in New York(PTI)
Jaishankar stated that “we have additionally heard this for too lengthy” that each India and Pakistan are nuclear nations and “subsequently the opposite man will come and do horrible issues, however you shouldn’t do something as a result of it will get the world nervous.
“Pahalgam was an act of economic warfare. It was meant to destroy tourism in Kashmir, which was the mainstay of the economy. It was also meant to provoke religious violence because people were asked to identify their faith before they were killed,” stated the EAM throughout a dialog with Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad in New York.
“We can not let terrorists perform with impunity. The concept that they’re on that facet of the border, and that, subsequently, type of prevents retribution, I believe, that’s a proposition that must be challenged and that’s what we did,” he added, referring to India’s Operation Sindoor and counter-terrorism efforts.
The exterior affairs minister added that India will “no longer fall for nuclear blackmail” in terms of combating the rise of cross-border terrorism sponsored by Pakistan.
“Now we’re not going to fall for that. If he’s going to come back and do issues, we’re going to go there and likewise hit the individuals who did this. So no yielding to nuclear blackmail, no impunity to terrorists, no extra free move that they’re proxies. And we are going to do what we’ve to do to defend our individuals,” Jaishankar stated.
On India-US ties
Speaking on the identical occasion, the exterior affairs minister additionally shut down an alleged Chinese hyperlink within the ties between India and US.
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Responding to a query which requested how a lot of Indo-US ties are outlined by the stance on China, the union minister said it was a “gross oversimplification” to make the ties between Delhi and Washington about China.
“I think it’s a very gross oversimplification to make India-US about China. In fact, it’s not just an oversimplification. I think it’s even misleading at times,” Jaishankar said, adding that the ties between the two countries are about “so many different issues.”
“I believe it has been a game-changer. It has bought nothing to do with China,” he added.
Jaishankar made the remarks on Monday throughout a dialog with Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad on the publication’s headquarters at One World Trade Centre close to the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan.
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