New Delhi, May 24 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said no one has supported the military regime and undermined democracy in Pakistan in so many ways as much as the West. He also described the threat of terrorism as a major "collective challenge" facing the world alongside climate change and growing poverty.

Making these assertions in an interview to Danish daily Politiken, Jaishankar criticised Europe for backing Pakistan when it was under military dictatorship. "Our borders have been violated by Pakistan in Kashmir ever since our independence in 1947. And what have we seen in the eight decades since then," he asked. "That large, democratic Europe, to use your own term, has stood side by side with military dictatorships in th...