‘Ceasefire talks between India, Pakistan’: Jaishankar refutes Trump’s declare, calls out West for not backing New Delhi on terror; meets Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard | India News

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday (native time) referred to as out the West for not backing New Delhi’s stance on terror, and reiterated that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan was negotiated between the DGMOs of the 2 international locations. At a press convention in Washington DC, Jaishankar stated there are sometimes international locations that do not take a place when another international locations are victims of terrorism.“It is a fact that often countries do not take a position when some other countries are victims of terrorism, which they would do when they themselves are. In that respect honestly, we have been much more consistent and principled. When terror attacks happen elsewhere outside India, we have largely followed the same position that we have taken when they have happened in India,” stated the EAM.He additional stated that international locations are not backing one another “sufficiently enough” and a part of diplomacy is to “exhort them, encourage them, persuade them, motivate them to do that, and which is why it’s important to speak up, and which is why it’s important to carry them with us to the best possibility”.Asked concerning the latest ceasefire between India & Pakistan and function of the US in mediation, the EAM stated: “The record of what happened at that time was very clear and the ceasefire was something which was negotiated between the DGMOs of the two countries…” he stated, refuting US President Donald Trump’s repeated declare that he brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.Jaishankar, who’s within the US for 3-day journey for the Quad overseas ministers assembly, had additionally met Indian-origin FBI Director Kash Patel ,US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. They held a talk about on numerous matters starting from cooperation between India and the US in countering organised crime, drug trafficking and terrorism to the worldwide state of affairs and bilateral cooperation.