Moscow, Nov. 18 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday underscored India's unwavering stance on the global fight against terrorism in a firm and resolute statement declaring that there can be "no justification, no looking away and no whitewashing" of terror in any form and firmly asserting India's sovereign right to defend its citizens.

During his remarks at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting in Moscow, the EAM called for a "zero tolerance" approach to terrorism, reminding that the SCO was founded specifically to combat the "three evils" of terrorism, separatism and extremism.

"We must never forget that the SCO was founded to combat the three evils of terrorism, separatism an...