A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s veiled jibe, Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of “promoting terror” in what is seen as a counter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s veiled attack on Islamabad’s role in spreading terror in South Asia.
The Pakistan Foreign Office told CNN-News18 that the “confession” of Khulbushan Yadav – the Indian national arrested in Pakistan over charges that he was spying for Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – showed that “India promotes terror”.
Pakistan had in March released a video which purportedly showed a confession by Yadav, but it was immediately rubbished by the External Affairs Ministry. Pakistan has been using the video “confession” to accuse India of “promoting terrorism.
At the final session of the G20 Summit in China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said, “growing forces of violence and terror pose a fundamental challenge. There are some nations that use it as an instrument of state policy.”
“Indeed, one single nation in South Asia is spreading these agents of terror in the countries of our region,” he said, clearly indicating which country he was referring to.
