Brussels, June 11 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the recent confrontation between India and Pakistan was not just a mere conflict between two neighbours, but it was about combating terrorism, which will eventually come back to haunt the West.
Jaishankar, in an interview with the European news website 'Euractiv' on Wednesday, also pitched for an EU-India free trade, underlining that India - a nation of 1.4 billion - offers skilled labour and a more trustworthy economic partnership than China.
"Let me remind you of something - there was a man named Osama bin Laden. Why did he, of all people, feel safe living for years in a Pakistani military town, right next to their equivalent of West Point?" Jaishankar, who is travelli...