At the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting, Jaishankar asserted India's right to defend against terrorism, demanding zero tolerance globally. He emphasised commitment to a rules-based Indo-Pacific.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar issued a firm and unequivocal message on terrorism ahead of the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Washington, DC, asserting New Delhi’s sovereign right to defend its citizens. Speaking in the presence of his counterparts from the US, Japan, and Australia, Jaishankar emphasised that the world must adopt a zero-tolerance stance on terrorism and avoid false equivalence between victims and perpetrators.
“A word about terrorism in the light of our recent experience. The world must display zero tolerance. Victims and perpetrators must never be equated. India has every right to defend its people against terrorism and we will exercise that right. We expect our Quad partners to understand and appreciate that,” he stated, as reported by news agency ANI.
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