The 17th BRICS Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, concluded with the adoption of the 'Rio de Janeiro Declaration' condemning the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22 in the strongest terms.
They also reaffirmed their steadfast commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, and opposed any unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo by force or coercion.
The Quad members unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its forms, the Joint Statement from the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting stated.
The Yatra will begin on 3 July and conclude on 9 August.
For decades, the Kashmir Valley has been India’s bittersweet paradox ~ an exquisite landscape forever haunted by geopolitical uncertainty. Each time peace seems within reach, a violent tremor breaks the spell.
Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Denmark have strongly backed India in its fight against terrorism in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla defended Tharoor, accusing the grand old party of hypocrisy.
“We have been discussing this from day one — a memorial will be set up in Baisaran for the 26 innocent lives lost, as a lasting tribute and a reminder that they will never be forgotten,” the chief minister said.
This was perhaps for the first time that the country saw Kashmiris coming out openly against the terror attack that had badly hit their livelihoods through tourism.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday thanked the Netherlands for its resolute stand against terrorism in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.
