New Delhi, June 26 -- In a scathing attack on Pakistan at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers' meeting in China's Qingdao, Rajnath Singh on Thursday asserted, "peace cannot co-exist with terrorism" and also urged the members of the SCO to condemn terrorism.

Singh said, "I believe that the biggest challenges that we are facing in our region are related to peace, security and trust-deficit. The root cause of these problems is increasing radicalisation, extremism and terrorism. Peace and prosperity cannot co-exist with terrorism and proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the hands of non-state actors and terror groups. Dealing with these challenges require decisive action and we must unite in our fight against these...