'A terrorist is a terrorist' in any language and one should not allow terrorism to be excused or defended: Jaishankar
Jaishankar said on Sunday that «a terrorist is a terrorist» in any language and one should not allow terrorism to be excused or defended because of a different explanation of it. Jaishankar's remarks came during his interaction with the Indian community members in Singapore.
Responding to a question on how Indian officials approach sensitive and linguistically different topics with their global counterparts, the minister said that in diplomacy, different countries bring their own cultures, traditions and sometimes their language or concepts to debate.
«It's also natural that there will be different viewpoints. And what diplomacy is about is to find a way of reconciling it and coming to some kind of agreement,» he said.
Jaishankar said however there are some issues when there is clarity and no confusion.
Giving the example of terrorism, he said: «You can take it in any language, but a terrorist is a terrorist in any language.»
«Never allow something like terrorism to be excused or defended because they're using a different language or a different explanation,» he said, without referring to any country.
He said there can be issues where two nations genuinely can have different viewpoints and there «will be issues when they are used as a cover as an excuse as a justification.»
He said one should be able to spot the difference and figure out a way how to deal with it.
In his address, Jaishankar recapped India-Singapore relations dating back to the independence struggling days when Subhas Chandra Bose established
