Overview
- On Sunday External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said using terrorism as an instrument of statecraft is unacceptable and said some states tolerate the tactic for short-term political gain.
- He told the United Nations to show leadership and called for reforms to make multilateral institutions more representative of the Global South.
- Jaishankar warned that the wars in Ukraine and West Asia threaten peace beyond their borders and said dialogue and diplomacy remain the only viable path to resolution.
- He said the Global South faces a '4F' crisis of finance, fuel, food and fertiliser and urged urgent de-risking of supply chains and more diversified economic options to reduce human suffering.
- The minister pressed for a responsible, human-centric approach to AI and framed his remarks as diplomatic signals responding to recent international outreach, including US engagement with Pakistan, rather than new operational measures.