External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday termed Pakistan as the “epicentre of global terrorism” while also raising concerns over “uncertain market access” caused by US-imposed tariffs.

Addressing the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Jaishankar said India had confronted terrorism since its Independence, having a neighbour, Pakistan, which “is the epicentre of global terrorism”.

He said for decades, major international terrorist attacks had been traced back to Pakistan, and that UN-designated terrorist lists were “replete with Pakistani nationals”. He pointed to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam as a fresh example of “cross-border barbarism”.

Jaishankar emphasised that India exercised its right to defend its people, a reference to Operation Sindoor in May,

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