India, Nov. 18 -- India has delivered one of its sharpest messages in recent times on global terrorism, days after a deadly car bomb exploded near Delhi's Red Fort, killing 15 people.

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting in Russia, said the world must show "zero tolerance" towards terrorism and stop offering excuses or selective silence.

Jaishankar reminded the grouping that the SCO was created to fight terrorism, separatism and extremism- threats that, he warned, have only grown more dangerous over time.

The Council of Heads of Government, the SCO's second-most important body, meets annually to discuss trade, economic cooperation and the organisa...