'Colombia withdraws statement for Pakistan, will issue strong support for India'

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday local time said that Colombia will issue a statement of strong support for Indias position after the country withdrew their statement condoling the deaths of Pakistanis in Indian strikes Tharoor made the statement during the allparty delegations visit to Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota where the group also paid floral tribute to Mahatma GandhiWe met with the Foreign Ministry the Senior Vice Minister received us We had some good news They have withdrawn their statement that disappointed us earlier and will issue a statement of strong support for our position and understanding of our position Finally here we are before this beautiful bust of Mahatma Gandhi on the campus of the main university Tharoor saidFormer Indian Ambassador to the United States and Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Taranjit Singh Sandhu said that the delegations detailed explanation helped reverse the Colombian stanceThis morning we had a detailed interaction with the acting Foreign Minister and our leader and the entire team made specific points to them explaining to them the timeline which perhaps to an extent they might have missed out The end result was that they are withdrawing one of the other statements which had come out and have promised and stated actually quite clearly on terrorism and the issue The importance of Colombia apart from other reasons is also that it will be a member of the Security Council soon Sandhu told ANIAdditionally BJP MP Shashank Mani added that Colombia a country once plagued by terrorism now understands Indias position well It is notable that terrorism has affected Colombia as well However after a long struggle Colombia is now a peaceful country We have come here with a message of peace We have clearly stated that we will give a fitting response to every terrorist attack and when it is over we want nothing but peaceBJP MP Shashank Mani added that Colombia a country once plagued by terrorism now understands Indias position well In a significant accomplishment for India in its global outreach effort to expose Pakistan and to convey its zero tolerance against Terrorism Colombia which earlier in its statement sympathised with Pakistan over the loss of lives has now withdrawn its statementCongress MP Shashi Tharoor who is leading the allparty delegation to the Americas during his Bogota visit expressed dismay over the South American countrys stance during a press conference on Thursday He said that India was disappointed with the Colombian government for expressing condolences over the loss of lives in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor rather than sympathising with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attackWe were a little disappointed in the reaction of the Colombian government which apparently expressed heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in Pakistan after the Indian strikes rather than sympathising with the victims of terrorism said TharoorWe will say to our friends in Colombia there can be no equivalence between those who dispatch terrorists and those who resist them There can be no equivalence between those who attack and those who defend We are only exercising our right of selfdefence and if there is any misunderstanding here on this core we are here to dispel any such misunderstanding he addedWhile speaking with ANI on Friday after the Indian delegation met with the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio in Bogota said that we are very confident with the explanation that we received today and the detailed information that we now have regarding the real situation the conflict and what happened in Kashmir we can also continue the dialogueAppreciating Colombian position on the matter after explaining Indias view and position Tharoor said that The Vice Minister very graciously mentioned that they have withdrawn the statement that we had expressed concern about and that they fully understand our position on the matter which is something we really value says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Colombia withdrawing its earlier statement to ANITharoor is leading the multiparty delegation to the Americas After visiting Panama and Guyana Tharoor and his delegation arrived in Colombia on Thursday in an effort of Indias global outreach to convey Indias zero tolerance against terrorism After concluding the Colombia visit the allparty delegation will be heading to Brazil and the United States on SaturdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever