India on Tuesday said that the world should demonstrate "zero tolerance" towards terrorism in all its forms, urging that there should be no justification, no evasion, and "no whitewashing" at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised India's right to defend itself against terrorism and advocated for greater economic and cultural cooperation among SCO member states. Advertisement

"As India has demonstrated, we have the right to defend our people against terrorism, and will exercise it," he said.

Jaishankar reminded members, "We must never forget that the SCO was founded to combat the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism. These threats have become even more serious in the years that h

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