External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday launched a scathing attack on Pakistan during his address to the 80th UN General Assembly, declaring that “one nation openly declares terrorism as state policy."

“India has confronted this challenge since its independence, having a neighbour that is an epicentre of global terrorism. For decades now, major international terrorist attacks are traced back to that one country. UN's designated lists of terrorists are replete with its nationals,” he said.

Jaishankar also referred to the Pahalgam terror attack in April this year, where 26 people were killed, saying that India exercised its right to defend its people against terrorism and brought the organisers and perpetrators to justice.

Jaishankar stressed the need for global cooperation: “Bec

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