In the shadow of the recent attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the importance of countering terrorism in southeast Asia at the ASEAN summit today.<\/p>\n
Terrorism is no longer a peripheral problem for the region, he said his address at the 10th East Asia Summit that’s being held in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
“The barbaric terrorist strikes in Paris, Ankara, Beirut, Mali and on the Russian aircraft is a stark reminder that its shadow stretches across our societies and our world, both in recruitment and choice of targets,” he said.
\nThere should be a global resolve and new strategies to combat terror without reference to “political considerations,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There is no distinction between groups. There are n sanctuaries. There are no funds. There is no access to arms,” he said.<\/p>\n
Terror had cast its shadow in the recently held G20 summit in Turkey, with the migrant crisis in Europe and the war in Syria occupying the limelight.<\/p>\n
PM Modi had presented a 10-point global strategy to combat terror, in which he had spoken out on the importance of isolating countries that support and sponsor terror “as an instrument of state policy”.<\/p>\n
He had also said there should not only be a crackdown on arms supply financing, but also a social movement involving religious leaders, thinkers and opinion makers targeted at youth.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, he had spoken of the importance of having a clear definition of terror, adding, in an apparent dig at Pakistan, “They can’t distinguish between good terrorism and bad terrorism in our world.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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