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.
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