S.Jaishankar Adopting a tough stance, he said on Saturday that India is not at all in favor of ignoring terrorism originating from Pakistan. He said Pakistan uses terrorism as “an instrument of governance” and terrorism is being sponsored as an “industry” in the neighboring country. Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to Singapore, made these comments during a question-and-answer session held after a lecture session on his book ‘Why India Matters’ at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
‘Every country wants a stable neighbourhood’
Responding to a question on India’s relations with Pakistan, he said, “Every country wants a stable neighbourhood… If nothing else, you at least want a peaceful neighbourhood.” This is not the case with. He said that Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism against India. “How do you deal with a neighbor that openly admits the fact that it uses terrorism as an instrument of governance?” he asked.
‘Not at all in favor of ignoring terrorism’
Jaishankar said, “This is not a one-time event… but an ongoing phenomenon, almost at an industry level… So we have come to the conclusion that we have to find a way to deal with this (threat), in which we Jaishankar gave a strong message to the new government in Islamabad and said that India is no longer in favor of ignoring terrorism.
Relations between India and Pakistan tense!
“I don’t have any quick solution (to this problem),” he said. But I can tell you that India will no longer ignore this problem. We have a problem and we should make sincere efforts to face this problem. Jaishankar said, “India’s stance is no longer to ignore terrorists.” Pathankot was attacked by terrorist groups of the neighboring country in 2016. Relations between India and Pakistan became tense after the attack on the air force base.
Relations between the two countries worsened
In February 2019, 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers were martyred in the Pulwama terrorist attack. After this attack, on February 26, 2019, Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps inside Pakistan were targeted by Indian war planes. In August 2019, relations between the two countries deteriorated further after India announced the abrogation of Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation of the state into two union territories. India has repeatedly told Pakistan that it wants normal relations with it in an environment free from terror, hostility and violence.
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