Terrorism is very open business in Pak, aided by state & army: EAM Jaishankar
NEW DELHI: In Pakistan, terrorism is a very open business that is supported, financed, organised and used by the State and by the military, said foreign minister S Jaishankar. In an interview in Germany, during his three-nation trip to Europe last week, the minister also said anyone who is not blind can see that terrorist organisations are openly operating from the cities and towns of Pakistan.
"That is no secret. The UN Security Council terror list is full of Pakistani names and places, and these are the very places we have targeted. So please don't think that something is only going on behind the scenes," he said.
Jaishankar also said all the focus on the nuclear-weapon issue between India and Pakistan was only encouraging terrorism, adding that at no point was a nuclear level reached during the recent India-Pakistan military conflict.
"There is a narrative as if everything that happens in our part of the world leads directly to a nuclear problem. That disturbs me a lot because it encourages terrible activities like terrorism.
If anything, much more is happening with the nuclear issue in your part of the world," said the minister, adding that India sent a clear signal to the terrorists through
Operation Sindoor
that there is a price to be paid for carrying out Pahalgam-like attacks.
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"The firing was then started by the Pakistani military. We fired back in self-defence and once the Pakistanis understood that they were taking a harmful course, we were able to stop firing. This situation has not changed for two weeks, that is the status," he said. Asked about the role played by the US in reaching the "ceasefire", Jaishankar said only the Indian military can be thanked for it. "I thank the Indian military because it was the Indian military action that made Pakistan say: We are ready to stop," he said.
Asked about the differences between India and Germany over the Russia-Ukraine war and India's ties with Moscow, the minister said relationships do not develop because one partner simply adopts the concerns of the other as their own. "Relationships are built on finding common ground. For you in Europe, other concerns and worries are important than for me in Asia. When you think of conflict, you think of Ukraine. When I think of conflict, I think of Pakistan, terrorism, China and our borders.
Our perspective cannot be the same,'' he said.
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