‘Terror, Separatism, Extremism’: Jaishankar's '3 Evils' Reminder To SCO Touches Upon Pahalgam

Last Updated:July 15, 2025, 17:06 IST

Jaishankar told SCO counterparts that the grouping was founded to counter terrorism, separatism and extremism.

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar told his counterparts in China at the SCO meeting that a graphic example of the three evils of "terrorism, separatism and extremism" in action was the terrorist attack in Pahalgam that led to deaths of 26 innocents in the hands of terrorists. (IMAGE: REUTERS)

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday reminded his counterparts at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) foreign ministers’ conclave that the organisation must continue to strive to fight the “three evils" it was founded to combat, while citing the Pahalgam attack.

“The three evils that SCO was founded to combat were terrorism, separatism and extremism. Not surprisingly, they often occur together. Recently, we in India witnessed a graphic example in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025. It was deliberately conducted to undermine the tourism economy of Jammu and Kashmir, while sowing a religious divide," he said, at the conclave that is held in the city of Tianjin in China.

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