The 'rockstar' and vocal Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar was at his best in exposing the Pakistani 'mindset' and gave a royal snub to his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the sidelines of two-day long SCO Foreign Ministers' conference in Goa.
(to come here (visit India) and preach these hypocritical words as though we are on the same boat ….)
“Let’s be very clear on this. On this matter (terrorism) I would say Pakistan’s credibility is depleting faster than its forex reserves. So let’s be clear what this is about,” said Dr Jaishankar at a news conference after the meeting where he was quizzed, including by a Pakistani journalist, on whether Bilawal's visitto Goa would be considered a 'breakthrough' in bilateral ties.
Last Pakistan foreign minister Hina ZZ had visited India in 2011 during the erstwhile UPA dispensation.
Dr Jaishankar said while the visiting Pakistani foreign minister was treated accordingly as a vistingdelegate of a SCO member nation, there was nothing much to it from India's point of view.
Dr Jaishankar even went on to describe Bilawal Bhutto as a 'promoter, justifier and spokesperson' of the terrorism industry.
The unusually harsh words were -- “As a promoter, justifier and I am sorry to say as a spokesperson of a terrorism industry, which is the mainstay of Pakistan, his (Bilawal's) positions were called out and they were countered, including at the SCO meeting itself”.
To the Pakistani journalist, the External Affairs Minister said, "From your question what I could gather is that India and Pakistan should sit together....you know, Victims of terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism to discuss terrorism. The victims of terrorism defend themselves,counter terrorism, they call it out. They delegitimise it. That is exactly what is happening".
"So, to come here (visit India) and preach these hypocritical words as though we are on the same boat – I mean they are committing acts of terrorism,” he said.
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