Pakistan’s Support For Terror Is Open And State-Backed, Says Jaishankar In Luxembourg

Last Updated:January 07, 2026, 11:17 IST

Jaishankar said no other country has pursued the kind of policies Pakistan has against a neighbouring state.

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday spoke on India’s relationship with Pakistan, called it an “exception" among neighbours and accused Islamabad of openly supporting terrorism for decades.

Speaking in Luxembourg, when asked about India’s neighbourhood, Jaishankar said no other country today has pursued the kind of policies Pakistan has against a neighbouring state.

“For decades, you had these training camps, not secret training camps; they’re all training camps in the big cities of Pakistan, very open, where the state, the military supports terrorism, and they try to normalise it as though it’s their right to do it," Jaishankar said. He added that such claims no longer carry credibility, noting, “Nobody buys it anymore. Everybody knows that these are people who are supporting the state."

Describing this as an “unpalatable reality," the minister said India cannot afford to ignore it while shaping its foreign policy. He stressed that New Delhi has to deal with each neighbour based on their conduct.

“Those who are willing to work with us and be helpful, positive, we’ll have to deal with them in that way. Those who do the kind of things that Pakistan does, we’ll have to deal with it in a different way," Jaishankar said, underlining that India’s approach will remain firmly rooted in realism rather than rhetoric.

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