Terrorists are terrorists cannot be glorified MoS MEA
New Delhi Jan 21 PTI Asserting that terrorism cannot be justified Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi on Friday said listing and delisting of individuals and entities under the UN sanctions regime must be done objectively and not for political or religious considerations Addressing the International Counter Terrorism Conference 2022 organised by the Global Counter Terrorism Council Lekhi called for a collaborative approach to deal with terrorism and stressed the need for summoning political will to combat the menaceWe need to summon the political will to combat terrorism and not allow terrorism to be justified and terrorists be glorified she said Terrorists are terrorists We must reform the working methods of the committees dealing with sanctions and counter-terrorism Transparency accountability and effectiveness are the need of the day she saidLekhi said that exclusivist thinking must be firmly discouraged as it divides the world and harms social fabricSuch approaches facilitate radicalization and recruitment by breeding fear mistrust and hatred among different communities she saidListing and delisting of individuals and entities under the UN sanctions regimes must be done objectively and not for political or religious considerations she saidLekhi said that linkages between terrorism and transnational organised crime must berecognised and addressed vigorously In combating terror financing Financial Action Task Force FATF should continue to identify and remedify the weaknesses in anti-money laundering and counterterror financing frameworks she said Lekhi also called for ensuring adequate funding to UN counter terrorism bodiesFor three decades now India has faced a proxy war by our neighbour she said in an obvious reference to PakistanWe have denounced all use of terrorist proxies and emphasised on the importance of denying any logistical financial or military support to such activities which could be used to launch acts of terrorism on foreign soil This has been our constant stand Lekhi said We follow zero tolerance toward acts of terrorism and unequivocally we have been condemning terrorism in all forms and manifestations including cross border terrorism Lekhi asserted PTI ASK TIR TIR
New Delhi Jan 21 PTI Asserting that terrorism cannot be justified Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi on Friday said listing and delisting of individuals and entities under the UN sanctions regime must be done objectively and not for political or religious considerations Addressing the International Counter Terrorism Conference 2022 organised by the Global Counter Terrorism Council Lekhi called for a collaborative approach to deal with terrorism and stressed the need for summoning political will to combat the menaceWe need to summon the political will to combat terrorism and not allow terrorism to be justified and terrorists be glorified she said Terrorists are terrorists We must reform the working methods of the committees dealing with sanctions and counter-terrorism Transparency accountability and effectiveness are the need of the day she saidLekhi said that exclusivist thinking must be firmly discouraged as it divides the world and harms social fabricSuch approaches facilitate radicalization and recruitment by breeding fear mistrust and hatred among different communities she saidListing and delisting of individuals and entities under the UN sanctions regimes must be done objectively and not for political or religious considerations she saidLekhi said that linkages between terrorism and transnational organised crime must berecognised and addressed vigorously In combating terror financing Financial Action Task Force FATF should continue to identify and remedify the weaknesses in anti-money laundering and counterterror financing frameworks she said Lekhi also called for ensuring adequate funding to UN counter terrorism bodiesFor three decades now India has faced a proxy war by our neighbour she said in an obvious reference to PakistanWe have denounced all use of terrorist proxies and emphasised on the importance of denying any logistical financial or military support to such activities which could be used to launch acts of terrorism on foreign soil This has been our constant stand Lekhi said We follow zero tolerance toward acts of terrorism and unequivocally we have been condemning terrorism in all forms and manifestations including cross border terrorism Lekhi asserted PTI ASK TIR TIR
