00:00Defence Minister Rajnath Singh foiling Pakistan-China terror whitewash.
00:05India foils Pakistan bid to divert lens from terror.
00:09Pakistan-China tango to divert attention from terror.
00:13So, says the defence minister stands firm against Pakistan terror.
00:17Rajnath Singh's no to a biased joint statement at the SCO.
00:22The Raksha Mantri firmly stood ground on India's stand on terrorism and pehal gham.
00:28It resulted into no joint statement or protocol that could be issued.
00:33Pakistan and China were trying to divert the attention from terrorism.
00:37But the Raksha Mantri refused to sign the document which would have diluted India's stand.
00:43No pleasantries were exchanged with the Pakistani defence minister at the SCO at the meeting as well.
00:49So, Rajnath Singh there refusing to sign the joint statement.
00:52There was eventually no statement and no pleasantries were exchanged with his Pakistan counterpart is what we are learning.
01:01India is sending out a strong message at the important forum of the SCO.
01:06Not signing the document and also not exchanging pleasantries with his Pakistani counterpart.
01:15Rajnath Singh refusing to sign the joint document is what we are learning.
01:20To send out a message given that Pakistan and China went soft on the terror thread.
01:25A defence minister took a firm stand at the SCO meeting,
01:28refusing to sign a joint statement due to disagreements on the language of it and on terrorism.
01:35He condemned the use of terrorism as a state policy, obviously targeting Pakistan.
01:42And he highlighted the pehal gham attack and called for collective action against terrorism.
01:47He refused to sign a joint statement that would have diluted India's position on critical issues,
01:54particularly concerning terrorism and regional security.
01:59The move, of course, underscores India's commitment to its strategic autonomy
02:03and its uncompromising stance against terror.
02:07For now, they are getting in more details on that.
02:10This is our uncompromising stance against cross-border terror
02:14that Raksha Mantri is spelt out very clearly using terror as a state policy.
02:19What about the language of the joint statement?
02:21What exactly was the post?
02:23Take us to the fine print here.
02:25Frane.
02:26Sneha, at a time when the Operation Sindhuur is still on,
02:29Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,
02:32who is visiting Qingdao for the SCO Defence Minister's meeting,
02:35he put forth India's commitment and as far as India's stance,
02:40in very clear terms, that there are talks and terror.
02:44The issue of terrorism is an issue of non-compromise for India
02:50and that's why India pursues the policy of zero tolerance against terrorism.
02:55The Chinese and Pakistanis and some other partners were trying to bring a joint statement,
03:00diluting the word terrorism and emphasis on the word terrorism.
03:03And therefore, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh refused to sign on the joint document,
03:08the joint statement.
03:09And he made it clear during his speech as well,
03:12during the SCO Defence Minister's meeting,
03:15that the perpetrators of terrorism, those who finance that,
03:18those who harbour and those who have been pursuing the policy,
03:21the terrorism as a state policy, need to be called out.
03:24They need to be isolated.
03:26And even for the success of SCO as a regional organisation,
03:29it is important that the issue of terrorism need to be addressed
03:33because it creates the trust deficit.
03:35It reduces the possibility of member states cooperating among each other.
03:39So, clearly, from the Chinese soil,
03:42Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has not only exposed Pakistan,
03:45but had also given a clear message to China as well,
03:48though he's likely to meet the Chinese Defence Minister later in the day today.
03:53All right, Pranayapad, they're getting in those details.
03:55An important point that has been made by India,
03:58refusing to sign the joint statement that would have diluted India's position
04:03on critical issues, and this includes cross-border terrorism.
04:07Pranayapad, thanking you for the moment.
04:09Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh slamming Pakistan terror at the SCO summit in China.
04:14Now, in his opening remarks at the summit,
04:16he gave a strong message to Pakistan,
04:19highlighting India's no tolerance against cross-border terrorism,
04:23invoking the dastardly Pahlgahm attack that killed 26 innocent tourists in Kashmir.
04:28Earlier this year, Rajnath Singh asserted that it's the time now to unite
04:31and bring those who fund and sponsor terror to task.
04:34He also urged the SCO members to condemn cross-border terrorism.
04:39On 22nd April 2025, the terror group, the resistance front,
04:49carried out a dastardly and a heinous attack on the innocent tourists in Pahlgahm,
04:57in the Indian state of the Jumbo and Kashmir.
05:0026 innocent civilians, including a Nepali national, were killed.
05:07Victims were shot right after they were profiled based on the religious identity.
05:16The resistance front, which is a proxy of UN-designated terror group,
05:21Laskare Toiba, claimed responsibility for the attack.
05:24The pattern of the Pahlgahm terror attack matches with ELIT's previous terror attacks in India.
05:33In exercising its right to defend against terrorism
05:37and pre-imp as well as deter further cross-border terrorist attacks,
05:42India on 7th May 2025 successfully launched Operation Sindhu
05:48to dismantle cross-border terrorist infrastructure.
05:54We reiterate the need to hold the perpetrators, organizers, financiers,
06:01and sponsors of reprehensible acts of terrorism,
06:07including cross-border terrorism, accountable and bring them to justice.
06:13Any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable,
06:18regardless of their motivation, whenever, wherever,
06:23and by whom so ever committed.
06:27Yeshua members must condemn this evil unequivocally.
06:32One of the major concerns is certainly anti-terrorism from the Indian side.
06:38So certainly the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a platform when it comes to anti-terrorism.
06:45I spoke with a lot of guests and experts,
06:49including the Secretary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,
06:53Secretary General Yermit Baghev,
06:55and he also mentioned about anti-terrorism.
06:58But certainly there are also many other agendas on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
07:03Certainly this is the organization that got started with the security cooperation.
07:09But certainly there are a different multiple range of fields of cooperation among different countries.
07:15So I think this is also a very rare opportunity for the Indian defense minister,
07:21seen to come over to Beijing.
07:23And Beijing is really looking forward to host this platform
07:29and create more opportunity from the Indian side.
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