NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday called out the West for not backing New Delhi’s stance on terror, and reiterated that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan was negotiated between the DGMOs of the two countries. At a press conference in Washington DC, Jaishankar said there are often countries that do not take a position when some other countries are victims of terrorism.“It is a fact that often countries do not take a position when some other countries are victims of terrorism, which they would do when they themselves are. In that respect honestly, we have been much more consistent and principled. When terror attacks happen elsewhere outside India, we have largely followed the same position that we have taken when they have happened in India,” said the EAM.
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He further said that countries are not backing each other “sufficiently enough” and part of diplomacy is to “exhort them, encourage them, persuade them, motivate them to do that, and which is why it’s important to speak up, and which is why it’s important to carry them with us to the best possibility”.Asked about the recent ceasefire between India & Pakistan after the Operation Sindoor and role of the US in mediation, the EAM said: “The record of what happened at that time was very clear and the ceasefire was something which was negotiated between the DGMOs of the two countries…” he said, refuting US President Donald Trump’s repeated claim that he brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.Jaishankar, who is in the US for 3-day trip for the Quad foreign ministers meeting, had also met Indian-origin FBI Director Kash Patel ,US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. They held a discuss on various topics ranging from cooperation between India and the US in countering organised crime, drug trafficking and terrorism to the global situation and bilateral cooperation.
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