S Jaishankar on Pakistan: Terror base is very close to India… Jaishankar in Austria ‘washed’ Pakistan without naming it

Vienna : Citing Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said cross-border terrorism cannot be confined within a single region, especially when it is deeply intertwined with drug and arms trafficking and other forms of transnational crimes. joined. Addressing a joint press conference with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schellenberg, Jaishankar said they had an open and productive discussion on the regional and global situation. He said that to a large extent the approaches of the two countries are similar, “although we are located in different regions and we have certain compulsions.”

Jaishankar said they discussed threats to peace and security due to international terrorism. This also includes cross-border terrorism by violent extremism and radicalisation. He said that the effects of terrorism cannot be confined to one region, especially when they are deeply intertwined with drug and illegal arms trafficking and other forms of transnational crimes.

Jaishankar’s attack on Pakistan

“Since the epicenter (of terrorism) is located so close to India, naturally our experiences and insights are useful to others,” he said without naming any country. Jaishankar arrived here from Cyprus on the second leg of his two-nation tour. Expressing ‘deep’ concern over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, S Jaishankar has said that India is in favor of peace. Since the beginning of the war, New Delhi has tried to get Moscow and Kyiv to return to the means of diplomacy and dialogue, as differences cannot be resolved by violence.

What did Jaishankar say on Russia-Ukraine?

Jaishankar said, ‘This (Ukraine) conflict is indeed a matter of very deep concern. Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in September that we truly believe that this is not an era of war. You cannot resolve differences and issues through violence. “So from the very beginning, our effort has been to urge (Russia and Ukraine) to return to dialogue and diplomacy,” he said. The Prime Minister himself has spoken on several occasions with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. I myself have also spoken to my colleagues from Russia and Ukraine.