‘Pakistan a challenging neighbour’: Jaishankar at CRF event

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke on the India-Pakistan relations at an event at Council of Foreign Relations in US. Jaishankar said Pakistan is a “challenging neighbour” who follows a policy of “implausible deniabilty”. The External Affairs Minister said there is no part in the world where a country uses terrorism as a large scale industry against its neighbour. Jaishankar also spoke on the Kashmir issue and revocation of Article 370. Jaishankar said Kashmir was a mess before August 5. Speaking about restrictions implemented in the valley, the minister said primary concern for India is to prevent loss of life and restrictions will be lifted soon.