We will have no credibility if we say that when terrorism impacts us, it’s very serious; when it happens to somebody else, it’s not serious, Jaishankar said.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar said India will have no credibility if it does not
consider terrorism as serious when it impacts other countries. The statement comes
amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and India abstained from a UN resolution on truce
in Israel as it did not condemn Hamas for the terror attacks. “We take a strong position
on terrorism because we are big victims of terrorism. We will have no credibility if we
say that when terrorism impacts us, it’s very serious; when it happens to somebody
else, it’s not serious. We need to have a consistent position,” Jaishankar said.

At the UN voting, India supported Canada’s proposal to amend the resolution to insert a text on condemning Hamas. But as it was not adopted, India abstained from voting. Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, , said terrorism is a malignancy and knows no borders, nation or race. “The world should not buy into any justification of terror acts. Let us keep aside differences, unite and adopt a zero-tolerance approach to terrorism,” Yojana Patel said explaining India’s stance on the voting.

As Jaishankar spoke at an event in Bhopal, he explained India’s various external affairs stance and said just as good governance is necessary at home, right judgements are necessary abroad.