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Show Me A Country That Welcomes Everyone: Foreign Minister Jaishankar on CAA

Jaishankar hits out at the United Nations Human Rights Council for its criticism on the situation in J&K, saying its director had been wrong previously too.

New Delhi| External affairs minister Jaishankar said on Saturday the United Nations rights body has been wrong before amid its decision to approach the Supreme Court challenging the amended citizenship act.
The commissioner of the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), Michelle Bachelet, had on Monday informed India that her office has filed an intervention application in Supreme Court over the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA.
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.

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“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 an event. “We have done it in a way that we do not create a bigger problem for ourselves.”

“Everybody, when they look at citizenship, have a context and has a criterion. Show me a country in the world which says everybody in the world is welcome. Nobody says that” the minister said.

The external affairs minister said moving out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was in the interest of India’s business.

Asked about the UNHRC director not agreeing with India on the Kashmir issue, Mr. Jaishankar said: “UNHRC director has been wrong before.

“UNHRC skirts around cross-border terrorism as if it has nothing to do with the country next door. Please understand where they are coming from; look at UNHRC’s record how they handled Kashmir issue in past,” he added.

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