Foreign Minister Dr. S Jaishankar on Tuesday stressed the importance of taking a rude stance against terrorism, citing the recent Pahalgam terrorist attack in India, which was condemned by the United Nations Security Council.
Minister was speaking at the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers at Tianjin.
They highlighted three evils – terrorism, separatism and extremism, often together in their X posts. He said, “Recently, we saw a graphic example in a terrorist attack in Pahgam on 22 April 2025 in India. It was deliberately organized to reduce the tourism economy of Jammu and Kashmir, while sowing a religious partition. The United Nations Security Council, who is currently a member, said,” Bring a statement, “bring a statement,” to do justice and justice to this condemnable work. ,
He highlighted India’s commitment to justify criminals and bring them justice.
Jaishankar emphasized the need to work together to work together to stabilize global order to SCO member states, reduce risks and face long challenges that endanger the collective interests, between growing conflicts, competition and economic volatility.
“Over the years, we have seen more conflict, competition and force. Economic instability is also increasing. The challenge before us is to stabilize the global order, stabilize various dimensions and through all, to face challenges for a long time, which endanger our collective interests,” was posted on X.
Jaishankar based the need for cooperation within the SCO based on mutual respect, sovereign equality, and rearing of sovereignty of regional integrity and member states. He also referred to India’s initiative in areas such as Startup Innovation, Traditional Medicine and Digital Public infrastructure.
“India has taken several initiatives in the domain ranging from startups and innovation to traditional medical and digital public infrastructure in SCO. We will continue new ideas and proposals positively that are really for our collective good.
Jaishankar emphasized the importance of addressing the current issues, such as lack of confident transit within SCO space, to deepen cooperation and promote economic cooperation. He also highlighted the capacity of the International North South Transport Corridor (Instc) to promote regional connectivity.
“To deepen cooperation within the SCO, more trade, investment and exchange are required naturally. For this, it is necessary that we address some current issues. One of them lacks a lack of confident transit within SCO space. Its absence reduces the severity of advocating cooperation in economic fields.
Jaishankar emphasized the need for the international community, especially SCO members to provide development aid to Afghanistan, while ensuring regional stability and concern for the good of Afghan people.
“Afghanistan has been on the SCO agenda for a long time. The compulsion of regional stability has been inspired by our long -term concern for the good of the Afghan people. The international community, especially SCO members, should be taken steps with development assistance. India, for its share, will definitely do so,” Jiushankar said.
He noted the emergence of effective groups such as SCOs in a multi-polar world and emphasized the importance of coming together on a shared agenda to contribute to shaping world affairs.
“The world is moving towards maximum multi-polarity today. It is not only in terms of redistribution of national capabilities, but also the rise of effective groups like SCO. Our ability to contribute to the size of world affairs will naturally depend on how well we come together on a shared agenda.
Eam Jaishankar organized several high-level interactions on the occasion of the meeting of SCO Foreign Ministers.
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He met his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the occasion of a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Tuesday.
In a post on X, Russia’s Foreign Ministry shared, “Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov and India’s Foreign Minister @drsjaishankar held a meeting on the occasion of the #Sco Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting.”
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He also met the Iranian Foreign Minister Send Abbas Argchi on Tuesday, who was on the occasion of a meeting in Tianjin, China for a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Jaishankar shared the update on X, he wrote, “It is good to catch with Iran’s FM @araGhchi, this time on the occasion of a meeting of SCO Foreign Ministers in Tianjin.”
Jaishankar is on an official visit to China to attend the SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting. He reached Beijing after concluding his visit to Singapore. It is also his first visit to China since the Galvan Valley confrontation in 2020, which is seriously tense between the two countries.
Earlier in the day, Jaishankar, along with other SCO foreign ministers, met Chinese President Xi Jinping.
He traveled shortly after the recent visits to China by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, both participated in the engagement related to SCO in June.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is also expected to visit India to meet NSA Ajit Doval next month. The meeting will be part of the Special Representative (SR) dialogue mechanism with the aim of resolving the long -standing border dispute between the two countries. (AI)