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Denmark: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that terrorism remains one of the foremost collective challenges faced by the Global South, alongside climate change, poverty, and the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an interview with Danish newspaper Politiken, the Minister stated, “Of the major collective challenges today, I would place terrorism at the top–alongside climate change, growing poverty, and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Global South.”
The term “Global South” broadly refers to developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania.
Speaking about the recent escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan, Jaishankar said, “It wasn’t a conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. It was a terrorist attack.”
On April 22, at least 26 tourists, including one Nepali citizen, were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. In response, the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor on May 7.
Jaishankar offered a two-fold response to India’s continued crude oil imports from Russia amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, saying, “Let me split the answer in two. One is about borders, and the other about energy.”
Referring to historical context, the EAM said, “Our borders have been violated by Pakistan in Kashmir ever since our independence in 1947. And what have we seen in the eight decades since then? That large, democratic Europe, to use your own term, has stood side by side with military dictatorships in the region. No one has supported the military regime – and undermined democracy in Pakistan in so many ways – as much as the West.”
He emphasised that India respects sovereignty and internationally recognised borders, adding, “But my worldview and my view of Europe are shaped by my own experiences. You talk about the inviolability of borders – well, why don’t we start with the inviolability of my borders? That’s where my world begins. But we’ve always been told that we had to solve that ourselves.”
