CCS MEET AFTER ATTACK ON CRPF CONVOY IN J-K.
AMN / NEW DELHI
The Ministry of External Affairs, MEA will make all effort across the world to alienate those spreading terrorism in India, said union minister Arun Jaitley after the crucial meeting of CCS.
The government also withdrew the status of ‘Most Favoured Nation’ given to Pakistan in the wake of the gruesome terrorist attack by Jaish-E-Mohammad in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on February 14, which left over 39 CRPF personnel dead.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley briefed the media after the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to discuss the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the attack. “The Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan stands withdrawn,” Jaitley said.
“The Ministry of External Affairs will initiate all possible diplomatic steps to ensure complete isolation of Pakistan from the international community–based on the evidence of having a direct hand in such attacks,” he added.
He said the CCS chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also observed a two-minute silence in honour of the CRPF personnel who laid down their lives for the nation. He said a detailed assessment of the incident was also carried out in the CCS meet.
Mr Jaitley said people who are responsible and have supported this act of terrorism will have to pay a heavy price for it. He also said Home Minister Rajnath Singh is visiting Srinagar to assess the situation and after his return, an all-party meeting will be convened.
Earlier MEA in a release also strongly reiterated its appeal to all members of the international community to support the proposal to list terrorists, including Jaish-e-Mohammed Chief Masood Azhar, as a designated terrorist under the 1267 Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.
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