Islamabad:
India underwent diplomatic humiliation Thursday at the meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) when the Member States refused to support New Delhi’s position against Pakistan.
The members of the defense of 10 SCO countries, including the host of China, Russia, Iran, India, Pakistan and others, gathered for a two -day group in the Chinese city of Qingdao.
The meeting ended without the issue of a joint press release while India refused to sign the document, citing the reserves and claiming that the declaration is aligned with the position of Pakistan.
The joint declaration project did not mention the attack on Pahalgam, despite the best efforts in India, but has referred to terrorist incidents in Pakistan, in particular in Balutchistan. With the exception of India, all other members approved the joint declaration.
However, India refused to sign the document, leaving the host country not to publish a joint declaration.
Diplomatic sources have told the Express PK Press Club that it was a major diplomatic success for Pakistan and suddenly for India, which tried to politicize the SCO meeting and to involve Islamabad.
Although the Indian media tried to run the story and insisted that the Indian Defense Minister held good, the former Indian Foreign Minister and BJP chief Yaswant Singha admitted that it was a total failure of the Modi government.
“India is completely isolated on the World Stadium. The SCO press release is the last example when the Pahalgam terrorist attack was ignored and Balutchistan was mentioned. The Prime Minister has completely failed and has to resign,” wrote Sinha on X, who served the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India during the Vajpayee government.
The reason why India could not arouse the support of other countries was its inability to present such evidence against Pakistan following the attack by Pahalgam.
The Indian Minister of Defense, Rajnath Singh, at the idea of addressing the SCO meeting, did not offer anything again. Instead, he referred to terrorist incidents passed as proof of Pakistan’s participation.
Singh would have argued that the joint declaration “aligned with the story of Pakistan” because it did not include the attack, but mentioned the terrorist activities in Balutchistan, according to Indian media.
Singh, without explicitly naming Pakistan, urged the SCO to criticize countries that use “cross -border terrorism as a policy instrument and offer shelter to terrorists”. He said members should unite to eliminate terrorism and ensure those who help such activities, without mentioning Pakistan.
“Peace and prosperity cannot coexist with the terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the hands of non -state actors and terrorist groups. Facing these challenges requires decisive action,” said Singh, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defense.
Taking a jibe to his Indian counterpart, the Minister of Defense, Khawaja Asif, told SCO that Pakistan had condemned the terrorist attack in the Kashmir region. “We call on all states to hold these states to accounts that have planned, funded and sponsored terrorist attacks such as Jaffar Express in Balutchistan,” he asked.
He promised Islamabad’s unshakable commitment to SCO’s principles and objectives, but stressed the need to solve long -standing problems.
“The international community should ensure peaceful resolution of long -standing unresolved conflicts in cashmere [as such] Unresolved conflicts remain a constant threat to world peace and security, “he said.
The Minister of Defense described terrorism as a common threat which was to be treated collectively.
“All states should refrain from politicizing joint efforts against terrorism,” added the minister.
