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‘Nothing noteworthy’: Manish Tewari on Pakistan minister attending SCO meet in Delhi

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

In short

Congress leader Manish Tewari noted that the overall diplomatic situation between India and Pakistan remains completely unchanged despite an upcoming regional conference. Islamabad has designated its climate change minister to travel to New Delhi for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation gathering. The scheduled forum will run from November 20 to 22 to address cultural and civilisational issues among member states. Tewari reiterated that Pakistan must take real steps to stop cross-border terrorism rather than relying on standard multilateral presence.

Key points

  • Bilateral diplomatic ties remain stalled because India's core demand to halt cross-border…: Bilateral diplomatic ties remain stalled because India's core demand to halt cross-border terrorism is still unaddressed.
  • Routine ministerial attendance at multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meetings…: Routine ministerial attendance at multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meetings does not indicate a bilateral breakthrough.
  • Pakistan's foreign ministry maintained that it participates in the regional framework to…: Pakistan's foreign ministry maintained that it participates in the regional framework to encourage people-to-people dialogue.

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Tewari said India's core demand for Pakistan to act against cross-border terrorism remained unaddressed.

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Manish Tewari on Sunday said Pakistan must stop promoting terrorism against India, asserting that the situation remained unchanged and Islamabad had taken no action against terrorist infrastructure operating from its soil.Speaking to ANI, Tewari said India's core demand for Pakistan to act against cross-border terrorism remained unaddressed."From that Baisaran incident until now, what has actually changed? Has any action been taken against the terrorist infrastructure that Pakistan has woven within its own borders? Absolutely not," he said."The core point that India has consistently and repeatedly raised on every international platform is that Pakistan must stop promoting terrorism against India. It must stop. That situation remains exactly where it was," Tewari added.

His remarks came as Pakistan nominated its Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Musadik Masood Malik, to represent the country at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Civilisational Dialogue Forum in New Delhi from November 20 to 22.Tewari said there was nothing noteworthy about Pakistan's participation in the meeting, pointing…

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