In the SCO meeting, Bilawal cut his teeth on terrorism, said – do not fall into the trap of making it a weapon

Addressing the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday urged member states to avoid using terrorism as a diplomatic tool. Speaking on the second day of his visit to India, the External Affairs Minister stressed the importance of greater cooperation among SCO countries in combating terrorism, calling for joint efforts to address the root causes of the issue. The collective security of our people is our joint responsibility.

The Foreign Office (FO) quoted Bilawal as saying, “Don’t get caught up in weaponizing terrorism for scoring diplomatic points.” Earlier, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar addressed the SCO meeting, in which he highlighted the issue of cross-border terrorism. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has criticized Pakistan on terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Goa. Although Jashankar did not mention directly. But talking about terrorism, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said that the threat of terrorism, including cross-border terrorism, continues unabated. At the SCO Foreign Ministers meeting in Goa, EAM Jaishankar said that terrorism is not taking its name to stop. There can be no justification for terrorism, including cross-border terrorism.