India-Pakistan tensions flare up over terrorism at Shanghai Co-op meeting

India-Pak faceoff

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar referred to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the “promoter, justifier, and spokesperson of a terrorism industry” in a statement during the SCO meeting in Goa, On Friday, May 5.

Jaishankar’s Position

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar criticized Pakistan on Friday for encouraging cross-border terrorism, claiming that “victims of terrorism do not sit together with its perpetrators to discuss terrorism.”

His Pakistani counterpart, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, was also the target of a scathing attack in which he was described as a “promoter, justifier, and spokesperson of the terrorism industry, which is the mainstay of Pakistan.” 

After a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s foreign ministers in Goa, Jaishankar told reporters: “They (Pakistan) are committing acts of terrorism… Pakistan’s credibility is depleting faster than its foreign exchange reserves.”

Jaishankar criticized Bhutto Zardari for bringing up the repeal of Article 370 during the conference, which granted J&K special status. 

According to reports of The Economic Times regarding Pakistan’s opposition to the G20 summit in J&K, Jaishankar said that the nation has no connection to either Srinagar or the conference.

Bhutto’s Take On The Meeting

In response to a query on negotiations with India, Bhutto-Zardari stated that Pakistan was clear that India should foster negotiations by reestablishing Kashmir’s pre-August 5, 2019 status.

He also said that Central Asian nations were eager to join the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Except for India, he claimed, every nation backed and lauded the CPEC. Earlier, Bhutto-Zardari returned to Pakistan aboard a special Pakistan Air Force jet from India, landed in Karachi, and was greeted by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and other cabinet members.

 

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