In a meeting of the first Quad Foreign Ministers after Operation Sindoor in May, Foreign Minister K. Jaishankar said on Tuesday that India hopes to understand and appreciate its quad partner that the country has every right to protect its people against terrorism, and it will practice correctly.
“A word about terrorism in light of our recent experience – the world should show zero tolerance. The victims and criminals should never be equal. And India has every right to protect their people against terrorism, and we will exercise that right. We will expect from our quad partners.
Understand and appreciate, ”Jaishankar commented from the media before the meeting at Washington DC with his counterparts from the US, Australia and Japan.
On 22 April, 26 people were killed in a terrorist attack in Pahgam. On 7 May, India launched Operation Sindoor with a terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan -occupied Kashmir, followed by a four -day military confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Zishankar later described the quad meeting as “very productive” and said “he discussed how to make the quad more concentrated and impressive on contemporary opportunities and challenges”.
“Today’s gathering will strengthen strategic stability in Indo Pacific and keep it free and open,” he said. “We are all committed to ensuring an independent and open Indo Pacific. By that end, our efforts are dedicated to promoting a rule-based international order. It is necessary that the nations of Indo Pacific have freedom of choice, so it is necessary to take the right decision on development and security,” he said.
Jaishankar said that in the last few months, “We have made significant progress in quad initiative” including “we have” maritime domains, logistics, education and political coordination “. He said that quad” is about deepening our convergence and expanding our general base “.
He said that by streamlining the work groups, the work of the quad is being made more efficient, and a more harmonious, agile and concentrated quad would help give better, he said. He said that India plans to host the next Quad Summit.
This is a meeting of Jaishankar’s second quad foreign ministers this year – first on 21 January, a day after the inauguration at US President Donald Trump’s Washington DC.
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US State Secretary Marco Rubio said that quad is a “very important partnership that has developed over the years and has actually taken wing in the last few months”. He said that he was focused on diversifying the global supply chain of vital minerals, not only access to raw materials, but also access to the ability to process it and refine it to usable materials “.
Rubio said, “This is important for all technologies and for all industries across the board, and therefore a diverse and reliable global supply chain is an example of many, which we can focus and build.”
Australian External Affairs Minister Penny Wong said the importance of quad partnership has been “revealed by the urgency of strategic challenges that we all face”.
“Unfortunately, we are found in the background and growing competition of conflict. So it is never more important to us that we for collective power, peace, stability, for prosperity in Indo Pacific and for all our people,” he said.
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“The Indo Pacific region, where our four countries are located, is the development engine of the global economy, accounting for more than half of the world … the peace and stability of the Indo Pacific region is essential for the prosperity of the international community,” said Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Ivea.
Jaishankar also met separate Eva and Rubio for bilateral meetings.
Earlier in the day, Jaishankar called the Pahalgam attack “a function of economic war”. He said, “It was to destroy tourism in Kashmir, which was the mainstay of the economy. It was also to incite religious violence as people were asked to identify their faith before they were killed,” he asked Newsweek in an interview.
“So we decided that we cannot allow terrorists to work with impure.
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He said that Pakistan -based terrorists who attack against India do not work secretly. These are terrorist organizations that have “equivalent to their corporate headquarters among the populated cities of Pakistan”. He said, “Everyone knows what is the headquarters of the organization A and Organization B and they are buildings, the headquarters of which destroys India”.
He said, “We are very clear that there will be no impurities for the terrorists, that we will not face them yet and leave the government and support and in many ways, inspire them. We will not allow us to stop atomic blackmail from answering,” he said.
Answering a question on US President Donald Trump’s claim that he used trade to stop the Indo-Pakistan struggle, and whether it has influenced the trade talks between Delhi and Washington, Jaishankar said: “No, I don’t think so. What are the business people doing, who are doing numbers and lines and products and are very present.”
He said that there is a national consensus in India that “our behavior with Pakistan is bilateral”. “And in this particular case, I can tell you that I was in the room when the Vice President (JD) Vance spoke to the Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi on the night of 9 May, saying that Pakistanis attacked India extensively, if we don’t accept some things,” he said.
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“And the PM was immense at what Pakistanis were being threatened to do. On the contrary, he indicated that it would be a response from us. It was the night before the night, and Pakistanis attacked a massive attack that night, we replied very quickly,” Jayashankar said.
“And the next morning, Mr. Rubio called me and said that Pakistanis were ready to talk. So I can only tell you from my personal experience what happened. The rest I leave for you,” he said.
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