Victims, perpetrators of terrorism cannot be equated: EAM

At the UN’s 80th anniversary, foreign minister questions the body’s decision-making

- SHUBHAJIT ROY

UNDERLINING THAT "VICTIMS and perpetrators of terrorism’ were being equated “in the name of global strategy”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday targeted Pakistan and China, saying “a sitting Security Council member” was openly protecting the very organisation which claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack.

Speaking at an event in Delhi to mark the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, Jaishankar also questioned “the sincerity of those involved” in shielding the “self-proclaimed terrorists” from the sanctioning process.

The references were to Pakistan, currently a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, and China which has been blocking Indian efforts to put on the global sanctions list Pakistani proxies of the terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.