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AMID a freeze in the India-Pakistan relationship due to Islamabad's support to cross-border terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that "victims of terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism".

Speaking at a press conference after a meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers, Jaishankar said that the credibility of Pakistan is depleting faster than even its forex reserves.

Here's all that Jaishankar said:

1. "Victims of terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism to discuss terrorism. Victims of terrorism defend themselves, counter acts of terrorism, they call it out, they legitimise it and that is exactly what is happening. To come here and preach these hypocritical words as though we are on the same boat".

2. Answering a question about the terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, in which five soldiers lost their lives, the External Affairs Minister said there was a shared feeling of outrage.

3. "They are committing acts of terrorism. I don't want to jump the gun on what happened today but we are all feeling equally outraged. On this matter, the terrorism matter, I would say that Pakistan's credibility is depleting faster than even its Forex reserves," Jaishankar said.

4. Answering a question on the bilateral talks, Jaishankar said Bhutto came as the Foreign Minister of an SCO Member State, and it is a part of multilateral diplomacy.

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5. "That is part of multilateral diplomacy. Don't see it as anything more than that. I think that nothing from what he said or what I heard he said deserves for this to be treated more than that...As a promoter, justifier and I am sorry to say, spokesperson of a terrorism industry which is the mainstay of Pakistan, his positions were called out and they were countered, including at the SCO meeting," he said.

6. Replying to Zardari's "Let's not get caught up in weaponising terrorism for diplomatic point scoring" statement, Jaishankar said, "We are not scoring diplomatic points but exposing Pakistan before the world".

7. Hitting back at Bhutto's comment on the  abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir on the sidelines of the Shanghai Corporation Organization (SCO), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar advised the former to "Wake up and smell the coffee, as Article 370 is history."

8. Rebutting Bhutto's comment on the upcoming G20 conference in Srinagar, Jaishankar said, "Pakistan has nothing to do with the G20 and also not with Srinagar."

9. "I said they (Pakistan) have nothing to do with G20. I will also say that they have nothing to do with Srinagar. There is only one issue to discuss on Kashmir which is when does Pakistan vacate its illegal occupation of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir".

10. Responding to a question from a Pakistani journalist about whether a visit by the foreign minister of the neighbouring country after a long time will help normalise relations with India, the EAM said "India and Pakistan are not on the same boat".

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