New Delhi: India on May 22 said that it expects Turkey to ‘strongly urge’ Pakistan so that our neighbouring country ends its support to terrorism and take concrete steps against the terrorist ecosystem.
Randhir Jaiswal, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson said, “We expect Turkey to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism and take credible and verifiable actions against the terror ecosystem it has harboured for decades.” He added, “Relations are built on the basis of sensitivities to each other’s concerns.
Meanwhile. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has given a point blank response Dutch daily De Volkskrant when he was asked about Pakistan insisting that it did not know about any terrorist group operating within its territory, and gave a sharp reply in which he highlighted the country’s deep and intricate connection with terrorists.
Jaishankar is in the Netherlands to strengthen India’s bilateral relationship with Amsterdam. Notably, the Netherlands is India’s second-largest trading partner in the European Union. When he was asked about his December 2022 remark labelling Pakistan the ‘epicenter of terrorism’, he said, “I’m not suggesting it. I’m stating it.”
