Master Stroke: Sushma Swaraj warns of terrorism threat at Saarc meeting, avoids Qureshi

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj carefully avoided any interaction with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) meeting of ministers, walking out after issuing a call to end the eco-system of terrorism.

After India had called off talks between the two ministers, the focus was on the Saarc meeting here on Thursday which put them in close proximity and Sushma Swaraj took no chances.

She delivered her speech with the warning, "terrorism remains the single largest threat to peace and stability in our region, and indeed in the world", and left the meeting at the Hotel Westin Grand before Qureshi's speech.