The Economic Times’ Post

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This was a terrorist attack. And a terrorist attack, which is part of a pattern. Which has not only targeted the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, but other parts of India as well. So it's very important to clarify because when you project it as a conflict, you really putting the perpetrator and the victim without meaning to, I understand at the same level. So this was a horrific, particularly brutal terrorist attack because, you know, it was meant to create a fear. Psychosis and, you know, destroy the tourism economy of of Kashmir, which is the mainstay. And it'll also meant in a way to sow religious discord, the manner in which it was done. So what we were responding to. Was terrorism. And when we respond to such an attack, I think there was a lot of international understanding. So it was very, you know, to me it was telling that the UN Security Council three days after the attack actually issued a statement saying that the people who did it should be brought to justice, they should be held accountable. And that is exactly what we did on the 7th of May. So we targeted. We targeted terrorist headquarters and terrorist centers. And our our campaign. Is against terrorists now the terrorists in this case happen to be located in the country next door because that country next door has for many, many years used terrorism as a kind of a tool in its in its attempts to pressurize us or. Call it I'm laboring the point, but I'm doing it because, you know, when it comes to terrorism, I think today is, you know, there's no there's virtually no country which would say I approve of artista. Or no country which would say I don't condemn what was done. And if I were to say I have the right to defend myself, my people, I have the right to secure my country, I think most much of the world would agree with me. And I'm happy to say that Germany does. You know, we are very encouraged both by the very early condemnation of the terrorist attack as well as a very clear message which we got on the 7th of May and again today from Minister Wonderful. We've got Germany recognizes India's right to defend itself against.