India Demands Collective Action To Counter Global Terror

Gurgaon: Maintaining that terrorism is one of the “foremost concerns” of the international community, India on Tuesday demanded increased effectiveness of collective action to counter it with zero tolerance.

Speaking at the closed-door retreat session of the Asia-Europe (ASEM) foreign ministers meeting , external affairs minister Salman Khurshid said, “All terror is unacceptable and must be tackled comprehensively.”

The minister also said that India supports the efforts made by the Afghan government to establish a peaceful dialogue with “all opposition groups but this process must be an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned reconciliation process, within the framework of the Afghan Constitution and the internationally accepted red lines.” “The reconciliation process should not in any way, undermine the political, social, and economic progress witnessed in Afghanistan over the past decade,” Khurshid warned.

According to people familiar with the matter, Khurshid emphasized that international terrorism continues to grow in sophistication and reach, “confronting many of our countries as a transnational menace”.

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