Only problem with Pakistan is when they could vacate POK: Jaishankar hits once more at SCO meet

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: At the merely concluded Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Goa, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar obtained right here down carefully on Pakistan after the suggestions made by Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Kashmir.

“We have only one issue with Pakistan, which is when will they vacate Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). Pakistan’s credibility is depleting faster than its forex reserve,” acknowledged Jaishankar, responding to remarks made by Bhutto earlier on Friday.

India has dominated out any normalcy of ties with Pakistan until the problem of terrorism is resolved and Jaishankar has categorically acknowledged that perpetrators of terrorism cannot act like victims.

Regarding Bhutto raking up the Kashmir problem, Jaishankar acknowledged that Article 370 is historic previous.

“Wake up and smell the coffee is what I would like to tell Pakistan as Article 370 is history. I would also like to reaffirm that Kashmir was, is and will always remain an integral part of India,” he acknowledged, together with that Pakistan had no enterprise speaking regarding the G20 meeting in Kashmir as a result of it was neither a member of the G20 nor does it have one thing to do with Kashmir.

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“We are politically and diplomatically exposing Pakistan to the world. Victims of terrorism (India) do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism. They are committing acts of terror which includes the incident of what happened in Rajouri today morning,” acknowledged Jaishankar, together with that that’s the character of Pakistan, earlier playbook in a particular location – this time it was Goa.

During his opening remarks ahead of the meet, Jaishankar had acknowledged that the menace of terrorism has continued unabated and taking our eyes off it could be detrimental to India’s security pursuits. He moreover reiterated that there may very well be no justification for terrorism and it needs to be stopped in all its sorts and manifestations – along with cross-border terrorism.

“We must not allow anybody – individual or state – to hide behind non-state actors,” Jaishankar acknowledged.

Meanwhile, Bhutto in an interaction that he had with media from Pakistan acknowledged that he wanted peace with India and would sit all through the desk and communicate peace if the setting was congenial. He acknowledged he was dealt with fairly by India all through the meet and that he shook arms with Jaishankar all through dinner nonetheless was greeted with a namaste sooner than the commencement of the meet like all totally different members.

“The curiosity in Pakistan about India and in India about Pakistan is equivalent. We want to provide peace a possibility,’’ Bhutto acknowledged after he spoke regarding the breakdown of diplomatic ties with India following the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir.

India has to date hosted higher than 100 events beneath the SCO Presidency. Regarding bilateral relations with China, Jaishankar acknowledged, “The situation with China is abnormal along the border areas. We had a detailed discussion with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and decided to take the disengagement process forward.”

China curiously acknowledged that there have been no factors it had with India and the connection was common.

Meanwhile, Iran and Belarus have been admitted as new members of the SCO. The discussions India had with Russia had been about extra strengthening their commerce and bilateral ties. English has moreover been made the third official language of the SCO.

All members underlined that whereas connectivity is important to progress, it ought to embody respect for soverignity and territorial integrity of all member states.

NEW DELHI: At the merely concluded Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Goa, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar obtained right here down carefully on Pakistan after the suggestions made by Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Kashmir.

“We have only one issue with Pakistan, which is when will they vacate Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). Pakistan’s credibility is depleting faster than its forex reserve,” acknowledged Jaishankar, responding to remarks made by Bhutto earlier on Friday.

India has dominated out any normalcy of ties with Pakistan until the problem of terrorism is resolved and Jaishankar has categorically acknowledged that perpetrators of terrorism cannot act like victims.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Regarding Bhutto raking up the Kashmir problem, Jaishankar acknowledged that Article 370 is historic previous.

“Wake up and smell the coffee is what I would like to tell Pakistan as Article 370 is history. I would also like to reaffirm that Kashmir was, is and will always remain an integral part of India,” he acknowledged, together with that Pakistan had no enterprise speaking regarding the G20 meeting in Kashmir as a result of it was neither a member of the G20 nor does it have one thing to do with Kashmir.

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“We are politically and diplomatically exposing Pakistan to the world. Victims of terrorism (India) do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism. They are committing acts of terror which includes the incident of what happened in Rajouri today morning,” acknowledged Jaishankar, together with that that’s the character of Pakistan, earlier playbook in a particular location – this time it was Goa.

During his opening remarks ahead of the meet, Jaishankar had acknowledged that the menace of terrorism has continued unabated and taking our eyes off it could be detrimental to India’s security pursuits. He moreover reiterated that there may very well be no justification for terrorism and it needs to be stopped in all its sorts and manifestations – along with cross-border terrorism.

“We must not allow anybody – individual or state – to hide behind non-state actors,” Jaishankar acknowledged.

Meanwhile, Bhutto in an interaction that he had with media from Pakistan acknowledged that he wanted peace with India and would sit all through the desk and communicate peace if the setting was congenial. He acknowledged he was dealt with fairly by India all through the meet and that he shook arms with Jaishankar all through dinner nonetheless was greeted with a namaste sooner than the commencement of the meet like all totally different members.

“The curiosity in Pakistan about India and in India about Pakistan is equivalent. We want to provide peace a possibility,’’ Bhutto acknowledged after he spoke regarding the breakdown of diplomatic ties with India following the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir.

India has to date hosted higher than 100 events beneath the SCO Presidency. Regarding bilateral relations with China, Jaishankar acknowledged, “The situation with China is abnormal along the border areas. We had a detailed discussion with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and decided to take the disengagement process forward.”

China curiously acknowledged that there have been no factors it had with India and the connection was common.

Meanwhile, Iran and Belarus have been admitted as new members of the SCO. The discussions India had with Russia had been about extra strengthening their commerce and bilateral ties. English has moreover been made the third official language of the SCO.

All members underlined that whereas connectivity is important to progress, it ought to embody respect for soverignity and territorial integrity of all member states.