India, July 15 -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) should adopt an "uncompromising" position on combating terrorism and extremism, external affairs minister S Jaishankar told a meeting of the bloc on Tuesday, while reiterating India's commitment to act against perpetrators and sponsors of terror.

Jaishankar, who was addressing a gathering that included his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar, said the Pahalgam terror attack in April was "deliberately conducted" to undermine the tourism-based economy of Jammu and Kashmir and to create a religious divide.

He also told the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting in Tianjin that the members of the grouping face the challenge of stabilising the global order and de-risking various dim...