‘Epicentres Of Terrorism No Longer Safe’: Rajnath Singh Calls Out Cross-Border Terror At SCO Defence Ministers’ Meet In China’s Qingdao (Videos) | ANI
Quindao: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting at China’s Quindao. Notably, Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif was also present also at the event. It was for the first time that the defence ministers of the neighbouring nations came face to face at a global event after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and India’s Operation Sindoor. However, Singh did not exchange pleasantries with Asif.
Earlier, in the day, Singh also reportedly refused to sign the joint statement of the SCO Defence Ministers’ Summit for diluting India’s stand on terrorism. As per a report by NDTV, the joint statement did not have any mention about the Pahalgam terror attack, However, it mentioned Balochistan.
Singh condemned terrorism at the meeting. He emphasised the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsors of terrorist acts accountable and bring them to justice.
During the meeting, he highlighted the Pahalgam terror attack carrioed out be The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow organisation of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
During the meeting, he highlighted the Pahalgam terror attack carrioed out be The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow organisation of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). He also talked about India’s Operation Sindoor on May 7 targeting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Apart from India and Pakistan, the other members of the SCO are – Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
