{"id":166017,"date":"2025-06-07T21:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T21:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/166017\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T21:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T21:52:16","slug":"wont-equate-perpetrators-of-evil-with-victims-jaishankar-reiterates-stance-on-terrorism-thanks-uk-for-condemning-pahalgam-attack-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/166017\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Won&#8217;t equate perpetrators of evil with victims&#8217;: Jaishankar reiterates stance on terrorism; thanks UK for condemning Pahalgam attack | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/121691165.jpg\" title=\"'Don't Equate Terrorists With Victims': Jaishankar's Stern Message, India Slams Terror Sympathy\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" alt=\"'Don't Equate Terrorists With Victims': Jaishankar's Stern Message, India Slams Terror Sympathy\" class=\"undefined\"\/> NEW DELHI: External affairs minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/s-jaishankar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S Jaishankar<\/a> on Saturday reiterated India&#8217;s stance against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/terrorism\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">terrorism<\/a> and said that the nation would never equate the perpetrators of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pahalgam-terror-attack\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pahalgam terror attack<\/a> with their victims. He also thanked United Kingdom government for condemning the April 22 attack that killed 26.&#8221;We practice a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and expect our partners to understand it,&#8221; he said, speaking at his meeting with UK foreign secretary David Lammy. &#8220;We will never countenance perpetrators of evil being put at par with its victims.&#8221;&#8221;I thank the Government of the United Kingdom for the strong condemnation of the barbaric terrorist attack in Pahalgam in the Union Territory of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jammu-and-kashmir\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jammu and Kashmir<\/a> and for your solidarity and support to India in the fight against terrorism. We practice a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and expect our partners to understand it,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>What should be the top priority in strengthening international partnerships?<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Jaishankar hailed the India-UK FTA as a milestone that will boost trade and strengthen bilateral ties. &#8220;The recent conclusion of the India-UK FTA and the Double Contribution Convention is truly a milestone. It will not only propel our two-way trade and investment but will also have a positive effect on other strategic aspects of our bilateral ties. It would also contribute to the strengthening of supply and value chains,&#8221; the minister added. Jaishankar told his British counterpart David Lammy that he is pleased to welcome him to India.&#8221;I am pleased to welcome you back to India. We just had a very good meeting with Prime Minister Modi, and I think your visit at this time gives us an occasion to assess our comprehensive strategic partnership, which I believe has strengthened across all sectors in recent times.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reiterated India&#8217;s stance against terrorism and said that the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[39019,1500,748,393,10818,4884,730,10816,10817,20238,18566,1144,24067,36485,712,13466,5685,69504,16,15,11654,1764,69223],"class_list":["post-166017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-bilateral-ties","tag-breaking-news","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-google-news","tag-great-britain","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-india-uk-fta","tag-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-northern-ireland","tag-pahalgam-terror-attack","tag-s-jaishankar","tag-scotland","tag-terrorism","tag-today-news","tag-trade-and-investment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-kingdom-government","tag-wales","tag-zero-tolerance-policy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114644303466468885","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}