Clean up your act, try to be good neighbour: Jaishankar tears into Pak in UN address

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday tore into Pakistan, saying it is the epicentre of terrorism and that it needs to clean up its act and be good to its neighbours. Recalling Hillary Clinton's words, Jaishankar said, "A decade ago, Hillary Clinton, during her visit to Pakistan, said that if you keep snakes in your backyard, you can't expect them to bite only your neighbours." #WATCH | The world today sees Pakistan as the epicentre of terrorism, says EAM Dr S Jaishankar at the UN in New York pic.twitter.com/Pfwk36N4CX — ANI December 15, 2022 "There are ministers in Pakistan who can tell how long Pakistan intends to practice terrorism. World isn't stupid, it increasingly calls out countries, orgs indulging in terrorism.my advice is to clean up your act & try to be good neighbour:EAM S Jaishankar at New York pic.twitter.com/BJYmNcb2Oj — ANI December 15, 2022 During his address, Jaishankar also told the UN Security Council that the "contemporary epicentre of terrorism" remains very much active, as he lamented that evidence-backed proposals to blacklist terrorists were put on hold without adequate reason, in a veiled attack on China and its close ally Pakistan. Read | Evidence-backed proposals on terrorism put on hold without reason: Jaishankar's veiled dig at China Jaishankar, who presided over the 'UNSC Briefing: Global Counterterrorism Approach: Challenges and Way Forward', described terrorism as an existential threat to international peace and security and said it knows no borders, nationality, or race.