India, July 1 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar, ahead of the Quad foreign ministerial meeting in Washington DC, said that the world must display zero tolerance toward terrorism.

Jaishankar's remarks in the US come against the backdrop of India's recently concluded global outreach programme on Operation Sindoor, a military action launched against the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir.

The union minister further said that victims and perpetrators of terrorism "must never be equated".

Earlier in the day, Jaishankar had noted that terrorists cannot be allowed to function with impunity. "The idea that they are on that side of the border, and that, therefore, sort of prevents retribution, I thin...