Pakistan Is Not Only India's Problem, It Is A Challenge For Entire World

Describing Pakistan as the “epicenter” of global terrorism, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Monday said India’s neighbor is now not only its problem but has become a “global challenge”. Madhav said the democratic world should come together and pursue Pakistan to act again terrorism, which has become a global problem. When asked about the relationship between India and Pakistan and the scope for dialogue between the two countries, Madhav said the relationship has had its own ups and downs in the last seven decades. India will certainly be happy to have friendly relations with Pakistan but first of all, it has to address this major issue of cross-border terrorism. “Today we are passing through a phase where Pakistan is not seen as a difficult relationship by India alone anymore…Many countries in the world see affairs in Pakistan as an issue to be concerned about especially talking about the terror infrastructure in Pakistan,” he said while speaking at a conference organized by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum. Madhav said there was the time when countries used to advise India to have a dialogue with Pakistan but today nobody is doing that, as Pakistan has become the epicenter of global terrorism. “Pakistan is not only a problem of India anymore. Now it has become a global challenge. Terror infrastructure in Pakistan is the epicenter of global terrorism. On certain issues like terrorism, the entire democratic world has come together to pursue Pakistan’s leadership to act.”. Madhav, who also looks after the party’s affairs in Jammu and Kashmir, said the way Pakistan responded about Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, today it “stands isolated” in front of the global community.