New Delhi: S Jaishankar made a firm point on terrorism and other evils at a crucial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s Foreign Ministers enclave at Tianjin.
India’s Foreign Minister Jaishankar, who along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior cabinet leaders have time and again said that New Delhi will no longer tolerate another terrorist attack in our country from Pakistani soil.
Jaishankar stressed on how “India witnessed a graphic example” of terror in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22.
Those were telling remarks given that ministers and top officials of China, Pakistan and other countries were present at the event.
Speaking about the “three evils” of terrorism, separatism and extremism, India’s Foreign minister said the Pahalgam attack was “deliberately conducted to undermine the tourism economy of Jammu and Kashmir, while sowing a religious divide,” Jaishankar said without naming Pakistan directly.
In a post on X, Jaishankar highlighted UN Security Council’s statement condemning the Pahalgam attack in the “strongest terms.
“(It) underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice. We have since done exactly that and will continue doing so,” Jaishankar added.
“It is imperative that the SCO, to remain true to its founding objectives, takes an uncompromising position on this challenge,” Jaishankar told the group.
Participated in the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting this evening in Tianjin.
Highlighted that:
➡️ We meet at a time of considerable disorder in the international system. In the last few years, we have seen more conflicts, competition and coercion. Economic… pic.twitter.com/w8XKZ4FLe2
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) July 15, 2025
#WATCH | EAM Dr S. Jaishankar, Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, and other leaders sign the outcome documents at the conclusion of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Tianjin, China. pic.twitter.com/SkhWYmUEqk
— ANI (@ANI) July 15, 2025
SCO is a 10-nation Eurasian security and political which comprises China, Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus as members.
Earlier on Monday, a statement from Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar mentioned “brotherly” relations with China, which was among the handful of countries which backed Pakistan after the successful Operation Sindoor to avenge Pahalgam and major strikes on Pakistani airbases thereafter to keep the enemy’s military at bay.