Manila, July 23 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday reiterated India's strong stance against terrorism, asserting that there must be "zero tolerance" towards terror and that acts of terrorism will have consequences, while addressing the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting in Manila.

Sharing details of his remarks in a post on X, Jaishankar highlighted 12 key areas, beginning with the importance of the forum in addressing political and security challenges in the Indo-Pacific amid an increasingly complex global environment.

Jaishankar stressed the need to prioritise efforts to cut off financial resources that support terrorism, adding that India is co-chairing the Experts' Working Group (EWG) with Malaysi...