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Jaishankar rebuffs Pakistani journalist at UN: 'A terrorist country is asking me that question'

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar dismissed a Pakistani journalist's terrorism question at the UN with a sharp rebuke — 'A terrorist country is asking me that question. Come on' — after a joint briefing with Liberia's foreign minister in New York.

By Sarah Whitfield · · 1 min read

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaking at a briefing with Indian and United Nations flags behind him
Photo: ANI

India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar delivered a sharp rebuke to a Pakistani journalist at the United Nations on Friday, saying “A terrorist country is asking me that question. Come on,” after the reporter accused New Delhi of sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan (Hindustan Times, ABP News).

The exchange came at the end of a joint press briefing at UN headquarters in New York with Liberia’s foreign minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti on the Group of Friends on Safety and Security of Shipping and Seafarers, during the 81st UN General Assembly high-level week. The event had been billed as remarks-only before the journalist intervened with the question: “When will your government stop sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan?” (Hindustan Times, Firstpost).

India’s permanent representative to the UN, Harish Parvathaneni, then told the journalist: “You have heard your reply. You have heard your response, loud and clear” (ABP News, Firstpost).

A day earlier at an Observer Research Foundation ministerial session on the UNGA margins, Jaishankar said UN reform required “text-based negotiation,” arguing those opposing reform were “using” the world body, and noted greater willingness among Global South countries to cooperate (The Hindu BusinessLine, New Indian Express).

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