“Want to make sure …” Congress’ Salman Khurshid on representing India’s stand against terrorism

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Tokyo (Japan), May 23, 2025(ANI): Congress leader Salman Khurshid who is part of the JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha led delegation, said, " The response has been very satisfying...on (fight against) terrorism, there is unqualified support for India...the question now is what is next...we need to see what is the next step we can take...in countries we are visiting now, we want to make sure that they are fully sensitised to our concern and they are willing to support what is reasonable and viable in times to come...we hope that this will help us to plan out things in future"

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00:00The response has been very, very satisfying, very good response.

00:05They were obviously well briefed already,

00:10and therefore everything that we were saying was actually taking that point further.

00:16On terrorism, there is unqualified support for India.

00:23They themselves repeatedly told us what they've communicated

00:27at the highest level of the Prime Minister's level to the Indian Prime Minister

00:32and from the Foreign Minister's level to the Indian Foreign Minister.

00:36The repeated endorsement of their support for us,

00:43as far as terrorism is concerned, is unqualified.

00:48The question now is, what next? Where do we go?

00:52Now, we ourselves haven't yet decided where we will go

00:56because we've said no talk, there cannot be terror and talk together.

01:01That's a clear message that we have conveyed.

01:04But we'll have to see as to what is the next step that we are able to take.

01:09But that's only once we get a response from Pakistan.

01:12We have made a message clear to Pakistan that there's no talk till such time as you give up terror.

01:19So how do they give up terror?

01:21What kind of indication there will be or proof there will be?

01:24Only then we can go further and expect that there will be greater support from the world.

01:30Now, in countries that we are visiting now,

01:32today we only want to be sure that they are fully sensitized to our concern

01:38and that they are willing to support what is reasonable and what is viable in times to come.

01:45And that messaging, I think, is very clear.

01:47We hope that this will help us plan out things in the future.

01:51So what is the message to the Japanese side to convey something to the politicians?

01:57Yes, the message is that we take the point, we support you, we empathize with you.

02:03We have repeatedly said that we condole what happened, the tragedy that took place.

02:10We condole it.

02:11They repeated that in several, several meetings.

02:14And, of course, they push for peace, which is an appreciation they've given to us

02:20that we stepped in and accepted the offer to end the hostilities.

02:26But the future is unclear, both for us and for them.

02:30What is the steps that we will need to take in future?

02:34Because, as you know, we've only put in abeyance the Water Treaty.

02:40We have suspended the Sindhu operations, etc.

02:45But it's not the end.

02:47So there is still something more that must be done by Pakistan

02:50to ensure that it can convince us that they now intend to do the right thing.

02:56So we've only, in a sense, laid the ground for future cooperation

03:01that we can get from countries like Japan,

03:04with their empathy and sympathy having been expressed.

03:07But we'll have to do more on this as things unfold.

03:11Because today we are in no position to say this is the next step that we will take.

03:15We've only clarified that our position is clear, zero tolerance of terrorism.

03:20Sir, you have come here and you've seen the response of foreign-party delegation

03:23and the way the Japanese administration has done that.

03:27Do you think it was a necessary step for sending delegation?

03:32Is it important?

03:33Yes, I think so.

03:34I think it was important.

03:36I mean, our civil servants and our foreign office people are outstanding

03:42and they've already laid the ground for us.

03:45But I think it's important.

03:47And the gesture is very important that we made the effort.

03:51We took the trouble to come here.

03:53And the manner in which we've got access to their top people

03:56and the time that they've given to us is indicative

03:59that our decision was a right decision.

04:02And they see it in that perspective.

“Want to make sure …” Congress’ Salman Khurshid on representing India’s stand against terrorism

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