Show me another country that says everybody in world is welcome: Jaishankar on CAA

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 07 2020 | 6:50 PM IST

No country in the world says everybody is welcome, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, hitting out at those criticising India over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Jaishankar flayed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for its criticism on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, saying its director had been wrong earlier too and one should look at the UN body's past record on handling the Kashmir issue.

"We have tried to reduce the number of stateless people through this legislation. That should be appreciated," he said when asked about the CAA at the ET Global Business Summit. "We have done it in a way that we do not create a bigger problem for ourselves."
Asked about the UNHRC director not agreeing with India on the Kashmir issue, Jaishankar said, "UNHRC director has been wrong before. How carefully they (UNHRC) skirt around the cross-border terrorism problem, as if it has nothing to do with country next door. Please understand where they are coming from; look at UNHRC's record how they handled the issue earlier."
Asked if India was losing its friends, Jaishankar said, "Maybe we are getting to know who our friends really are."
On opposition to the CAA and whether India has not been able to convince the world enough, he said, "There are sections of the world outside of the media."

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First Published: Mar 07 2020 | 6:50 PM IST