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BENAULIM (GOA): Calling Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari a “promoter, justifier and spokesperson” of terrorism, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has hit out at Islamabad for its continued support to terror groups.
Speaking at the end of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Council For Foreign Ministers (SCO-CFM) on May 5, Jaishankar said Indians felt “outrage” over an incident – a reference to the firing in Rajouri inJ&K in which five Indian soldiers were killed.
The bilateral spat between both countries came even as the SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting agreed to strengthen cooperation in a number of areas, including economic and technological spheres.
Announcing the results of the Ministers’ deliberations, Jaishankar said India’s proposals on making English an additional official language to Russian and Chinese at the SCO, and setting up working groups on innovation, start-ups and traditional medicines were being discussed.
The Ministers agreed on a 15-point decision document that will be taken forward to the SCO Heads of State Summit due on July 3-4 in Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the Presidents of Russia, China, the Central Asian states, and Iran and Belarus, which are set to be inducted in the SCO, and the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
