Self-explainatory: India rejects Pak protest over Japan joint statement on terrorism
India on Friday dismissed Pakistan's objections to a reference to cross-border terrorism in the recent India-Japan joint statement, saying the document is "self-explanatory" and reflects
India on Friday dismissed Pakistan's objections to a reference to cross-border terrorism in the recent India-Japan joint statement, saying the document is "self-explanatory" and reflects shared views on regional security challenges. The statement was issued after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi in New Delhi on July 2. The joint statement said the two leaders strongly condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all forms, including "cross-border terrorism from Pakistan". Pakistan later lodged a protest with Japan over the reference, with its foreign office saying a "strong demarche" had been made through diplomatic channels. Read Full Story Responding to a question at a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the joint statement covered several bilateral issues as well as matters on which India and Japan share a viewpoint.
"I would say the joint statement that was adopted during the visit of the Prime Minister of Japan to India has several issues addressed, which are of bilateral nature, and also on issues on which we have a certain viewpoint," he said. "I would say that our joint statement is self-explanatory," Jaiswal said when asked about Pakistan's action. The joint statement said, "The two prime ministers unequivocally and strongly condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism from Pakistan." It also said Modi and Takaichi condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and took note of the UN Security Council Monitoring Team linking it to The Resistance Front, described as a front for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. "They also condemned in the strongest terms the terror incident in Delhi on November 10, 2025.
They called for the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of this reprehensible act to be brought to justice without any delay," the statement said. It also said the two leaders "called for concerted actions against all UN-listed terrorist groups and entities including Al-Qaeda, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and their proxies, and to take resolute actions to root out terrorists' safe havens". A Pakistan foreign office spokesperson said on Thursday that "whenever there is an engagement with India, India forces the inclusion of such references in its joint statements, not just with Japan but also with other countries". On Pakistan calling a warrant issued by an Indian court for LeT founder Hafiz Saeed in connection with the Pahalgam attack "politically motivated", Jaiswal said Pakistan had cross-border terrorism for decades and used it as an instrument of state policy.
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