"Asking Wrong Minister, Ask Yours (Pak)": S Jaishankar On Terror Question - NDTV

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The satellite sees Pakistan arsenic the "epicentre" of terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said connected Thursday, asserting that the planetary assemblage has not forgotten wherever the menace stems from, contempt the encephalon fog induced by implicit 2 years of Covid-19.

He made the remarks portion addressing reporters astatine the UN Security Council stakeout aft charing a signature lawsuit held nether India's presidency of the Council connected 'Global Counterterrorism Approach: Challenges and Way Forward.

"In presumption of what they are saying, the information is everybody, the satellite today, sees them arsenic the epicentre of terrorism," helium said.

"I cognize we've been done 2 and a fractional years of Covid and a batch of america person encephalon fog arsenic a result. But I guarantee you the satellite has not forgotten wherever coercion emanates from, who has their fingerprints implicit a batch of activities successful the portion and beyond the region.

"So, I would accidental that it's thing which they should punctual themselves earlier indulging successful the benignant of fantasies which they do," helium added.

Mr Jaishankar was responding to a question connected Pakistan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar's caller allegation that "no state had utilized coercion amended than India".

He invoked US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who astatine a associated quality league successful 2011 with past Pakistan Foreign Minister Khar, said: "You can't support snakes successful your backyard and expect them lone to wound your neighbours." "I work the reports connected what Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said. And I was reminded, much than a decennary ago, my representation serves maine right. Hillary Clinton was visiting Pakistan. And Hina Rabbani Khar was a curate astatine that time," Mr Jaishankar said, portion responding to a question connected Khar's caller statements astir a dossier against India.

"Standing adjacent to her, Hillary Clinton really said that if you person snakes successful your backyard, you can't expect them to wound lone your neighbours. Eventually, they volition wound the radical who support them successful the backyard. But arsenic you know, Pakistan is not large connected taking bully advice. You spot what's happening there," helium said.

Pakistan should cleanable up its enactment and effort to beryllium a bully neighbour, Mr Jaishankar said arsenic helium underlined that the satellite is not "stupid" and is progressively calling retired countries, organisations and radical who indulge successful terrorism.

"You know, you're asking the incorrect Minister erstwhile you accidental however agelong volition we bash this? Because it is the Ministers of Pakistan who volition archer you however agelong Pakistan intends to signifier terrorism," Jaishankar said.

#WATCH |...They're ministers successful Pakistan who tin archer however agelong Pakistan intends to signifier terrorism. World isn't stupid, it progressively calls retired countries, orgs indulging successful terrorism...my proposal is to cleanable up your enactment & effort to beryllium bully neighbour:EAM S Jaishankar astatine New York pic.twitter.com/BJYmNcb2Oj

He was responding to a question by a Pakistani writer connected however agelong South Asia is going to spot coercion disseminating from New Delhi, Kabul, and Pakistan.

"At the extremity of the day, the satellite is not stupid, the satellite is not forgetful. And the satellite does progressively telephone retired countries and organisations and radical who indulge successful terrorism," helium said.

"By taking that statement elsewhere, you are not going to fell it. You're not going to confuse anybody anymore. People person figured it out. So my proposal is delight cleanable up your act. Please effort to beryllium a bully neighbour.

"Please effort and lend to what the remainder of the satellite is trying to bash today, which is economical growth, and advancement and development," Mr Jaishankar said.

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