External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said that Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism policy can and will never ever succeed. The foreign minister went on to warn Islamabad that its “actions will most certainly have consequences”.
Speaking further about Pakistan’s policy of “harbouring terrorists” on its soil, Mr Jaishankar said “Many countries get left behind due to circumstances beyond their control. But some make conscious choices with disastrous consequences. A premier example is our neighbour, Pakistan. Unfortunately, their misdeeds affect others as well, especially the neighbourhood.”
“When this polity instils such fanaticism among its people, its GDP can only be measured in terms of radicalisation and its exports in the form of terrorism. Today, we see the ills it sought to visit on others consume its own society. It can’t blame the world; this is only karma,” Me Jaishankar added.
The foreign minister further said that “A dysfunctional nation coveting the lands of others must be exposed and must be countered. We heard some bizarre assertions from it at this forum yesterday. So let me make India’s position perfectly clear.”
He went on to say that “Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism policy will never succeed. And it can have no expectation of impunity,” adding that “On the contrary, actions will certainly have consequences. The issue to be resolved between us is now only the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan. And of course, the abandonment of Pakistan’s longstanding attachment to terrorism.”