This India Will Not Be Pressured, Will State Its Mind, Says S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday that a terrorist is a terrorist in any language and one should not allow terrorism to be excused or defended because of a different explanation of it. Jaishankar’s remarks came during his interaction with the Indian community members in Singapore.

Responding to a question on how Indian officials approach sensitive and linguistically different topics with their global counterparts, the minister said that in diplomacy, different countries bring their own cultures, traditions and sometimes their language or concepts to debate.

“It’s also natural that there will be different viewpoints. And what diplomacy is about is to find a way of reconciling it and coming to some kind of agreement,” he said. Jaishankar said however there are some issues when there is clarity and no confusion.