‘I’m a Good Host If…’: Jaishankar on His Interaction with Pak Minister Bilawal Bhutto

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday spoke about his interaction with Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Goa and said, “If I have a good guest, I am a good host". Jaishankar objected to Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari bringing up several issues at the meeting, stating that “Pakistan conducts terrorism and asserts its right to do terrorism." Speaking at the ‘Foreign Policy of Modi Government’ event in Mysore, he said that Pakistan, as a member of SAARC, doesn’t “follow basic rules of international relations", supports terrorism, and blocks connectivity. Jaishankar...