New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Foreign Ministers of 22 Arab nations that societies targeted by terrorism have the right to defend themselves, and they will understandably exercise it - in reference to Operation Sindoor following the Pahalgam terror attack.
He made the statement in his address at the 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, while highlighting cross-border terrorism as particularly unacceptable, saying it "violates the basic principles of international relations and diplomacy".
The Delhi Declaration adopted by the two sides, in reference to terrorism, said "the Foreign Ministers of the Arab States strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attack in Pahalgam tar...