“They are committing acts of terrorism.” Pakistan Foreign Minister’s Goa visit was eclipsed by two terror attacks in J&K. Jaishankar responded…
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00:00Victims of terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism to discuss terrorism.
00:05Let's not get caught up in weaponizing terrorism for diplomatic points scoring.
00:11Pakistan's credibility is depleting even faster than its forex reserves.
00:30Hello, my name is Muneeza Jahangir, I am from Pakistan from Aaj TV and my question
00:52to you over here is that the foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari made a bold move by
00:57coming here and it is being seen as a breakthrough, he is also being criticized but how do you
01:03India see it, do you see it as a breakthrough and what will be your road map in the future
01:09to resumption of at least diplomatic ties with Pakistan?
01:13First of all let me say this, as a foreign minister of an SCO member state, Mr. Bhutto
01:22Zardari was treated accordingly.
01:27As a promoter, justifier and I am sorry to say spokesperson of a terrorism industry which
01:38is the mainstay of Pakistan, his positions were called out and they were countered including
01:45at the SCO meeting itself.
01:47So, let me come to the specifics on the China-Pakistan economic corridor, the so-called corridor.
02:00I think it was made very clear not once but twice in the SCO meeting that connectivity
02:10is good for progress but connectivity cannot violate the territorial integrity and sovereignty
02:16of states.
02:17So, this has been a long-standing position, nobody should have any doubt about it and
02:23I assure you those who are in the room today had no doubt about it.
02:27I made sure of that.
02:28I don't think there is a G20 issue to debate with anybody, certainly not with a country
02:33which is nothing to do with the G20.
02:38Jammu and Kashmir was, is, will always be a part of India and the G20 meetings are held
02:48in all the Indian states and Union Territory, so it is completely natural that it is held
02:54there.
02:55Victims of terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism to discuss terrorism.
03:01Victims of terrorism defend themselves, counter acts of terrorism, they call it out, they
03:06delegitimize it and that is exactly what is happening.
03:09So, to come here and preach these hypocritical words as though we are on the same boat, I
03:18mean, they are, they are committing acts of terrorism and, you know, I don't want to jump
03:25the gun on what happened today but I think we are all feeling equally outraged.
03:30So, so I, I think, I mean, let's, let's be very, very clear on this.
03:37You know, on this matter, the terrorism matter, I mean, I, I would say Pakistan's credibility
03:46is depleting even faster than its forex reserves.
03:49Is this a breakthrough?
03:51Look, he came here as a member, a foreign minister of an SCO member state, that is part
03:57of multilateral diplomacy.
04:00Don't, please do not see it as anything more than that.
04:04It was not meant as anything more than that.
04:06It was not treated as anything more than that.
04:09And I think nothing that, from what he said or what I heard he said, deserves for this
04:16to be treated more than that.