Don’t use terrorism as diplomatic tool: Pakistan FM in India
Al JazeeraBhutto Zardari is on a two-day visit to India for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting. Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member nations to avoid using “terrorism” as a diplomatic instrument in an apparent riposte to India. Bhutto Zardari is on a two-day visit to the Indian city of Goa for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the forum’s eight members and four observer countries. We must stop conflating non-state actors with state actors.” FM @BhuttoZardari urged to collectively eradicate the menace of terrorism 💬” Let’s not get caught up in weaponising terrorism for diplomatic point scoring”#PakFMatSCO pic.twitter.com/H5awOoQDF5 — Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA May 5, 2023 Prior to Bhutto Zardari’s speech, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in his opening address, highlighted the “menace of terrorism”, warning that taking eyes off it would be damaging to the region’s security interests. #WATCH | EAM Dr S Jaishankar welcomes Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for the Meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers in Goa pic.twitter.com/TVe0gzml1U — ANI May 5, 2023 Bhutto Zardari said “unilateral and illegal” measures in violation of international law run counter to SCO objectives.