Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar referred to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the "promoter, justifier, and spokesperson of a terrorism industry" in a statement to the media.
"Victims of terrorism do not sit together with its perpetrators to discuss terrorism," Mr. Jaishankar said following a gathering of the foreign ministers of the SCO members in Goa.
"Bhutto Zardari came as the foreign minister of a SCO member state; that's part of multilateral diplomacy and we don't see anything more than that," said Mr. Jaishankar.
At the SCO gathering, there was no bilateral encounter between the two foreign ministers.
In a direct jab at Pakistan's struggle with a severe financial crisis that has led the nation to pound on doors for loans, Mr. Jaishankar added, "On terrorism, Pakistan's credibility is eroding even faster than its forex reserves."
Mr. Jaishankar's remarks were made on the same day that five Indian Army personnel were killed in the line of duty while participating in an operation to uncover terrorists hiding in a forest close to Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. Last Monday, the suspected Pakistani terrorists assaulted an army convoy, murdering five more soldiers.
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