Freetown, May 31 -- Addressing the Indian community in Freetown, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, who is leading the Group 6 all-party delegation, stated that Sierra Leone was the first country whose parliament observed a moment of silence in honour of the victims of the recent Pahalgam terror attack.

"As we move forward and engage with different countries, we have consistently condemned this attack wherever we have gone. We have also strongly denounced the perpetrators of this attack. Wherever we go, people condemn that attack and the perpetrators. Sierra Leone is the first country where the parliament observed a moment of silence for those who lost their lives (in the Pahalgam terror attack)," Shinde told the gathering.

He noted that the...