Jaishankar Puts China And Pakistan On Blast at the U.N.

India's external affairs minister Dr S. Jaishankar rebuked Pakistan and China during his address at the U.N. He made it clear that India will not back down in the face of aggression and provocations.

India’s external affairs minister Dr S. Jaishankar rebuked Pakistan and China during his address at the U.N. He made it clear that India will not back down in the face of aggression and provocations. He drew attention to the role of Pakistan in fostering terrorism and China's assertive tactics, the Foreign Minister emphasized that India’s patience has its limits and actions have repercussions.

Dr Jaishankar also replied to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's speech, in which he raised the Jammu and Kashmir issue. He said “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. Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism policy will never succeed. And it can have no expectation of impunity. 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.”

Though not named directly, China was a clear target in the Minister’s speech when he spoke about the erosion of trust in international processes. “Any connectivity that flouts sovereignty and territorial integrity acquires strategic connotations,” he warned, a likely reference to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its contentious projects in the region.