Jaishankar defends NDA Govt’s decision to allow ISI officials to visit Pathankot air base in 2016

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday defended the NDA Government’s decision in 2016 to allow a Pakistani probe team including officials from spy agency ISI to visit the Pathankot air force base to probe a terror attack.

Speaking at a book release event, Jaishankar also said that no country has been battered by terrorism the way India has been and that efforts to “normalise” terror must be defeated.

Jaishankar also appeared to take a dig at former National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon when he said agreements with Pakistan like at Sharm El Sheikh and Havana lacked “strategic clarity” and had done “harm” to India.

Last week, Menon slammed the Government over the Citizenship Amendment Act, saying India had “isolated” itself at the global stage by enacting the law. (AGENCIES)

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