BRICS condemnation of Pahalgam terror attack success of Indian foreign policy: Omar
16/09/2026
Srinagar, Sep 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the BRICS Summit's condemnation of the Pahalgam terror attack was a success of India's foreign policy.
"The fact that Pahalgam itself was condemned (at the BRICS Summit) is a big thing. Please see how many allies of Pakistan were in that room. Therefore, for even Pahalgam to be mentioned by name, that in itself is a success of our foreign policy," he told reporters here.
In a major diplomatic outcome for India, BRICS condemned the April 2025 terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir in its New Delhi Declaration adopted on Saturday and called for zero tolerance towards state-sponsored cross-border terrorism. Twenty-six people were killed in the terror attack.
Reaffirming their commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, the BRICS leaders emphasised the urgent need to stop the cross-border movement of terrorists, disrupt terror financing networks and dismantle safe havens.
Abdullah said the de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was a welcome step. "Anything that reduces tension on the Line of Control or the Line of Actual Control is a good step. Particularly for those people who live close to it, and we know how difficult it is for people living near the LoC or LAC.
Similarly, we hope, over time, that along the Line of Control also, things will get better," he said.
On China hailing India's foreign policy, Abdullah said New Delhi's foreign policy had always been independent and there was no need to seek validation from other countries.
"Our foreign policy is our own. Why do we look for other countries' certificates? The danger with something like this is that tomorrow, were China to say something against our foreign policy, then what will you do?
"Therefore, I think we should not give too much importance to what other countries say about our foreign policy, whether positive or negative, because we can't cherry-pick. Tomorrow, if there is opposition, we will say, 'Don't interfere in our policy'," he said.
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