New Delhi, July 19, 2021 (PPI-OT):Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has admitted that the Narendra Modi government ensured that Pakistan remained on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Addressing a virtual training programme on the foreign policy for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, Jaishankar said “Due to us, Pakistan is under the lens of FATF and it was kept in the grey list. We have been successful in pressurizing Pakistan and the fact that Pakistan’s behaviour has changed is because of pressure put by India by various measures”.

During the programme, the minister also credited the Indian government’s efforts through the United Nations for sanctions on some banned organisations. The session was reportedly aimed at informing BJP’s members of Parliament about foreign policy initiatives taken by the Indian government so that they can counter opposition charges during the Monsoon session starting Monday. Last month, FATF retained Pakistan on the list of countries under “increased monitoring”. Pakistan had completed 26 out of the assigned 27 tasks.

Jaishankar said that PM Modi’s personal efforts on global forums like G7 and G20 made nations realise that terrorism was everyone’s problem.

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