Some block action against terror: PM’s jibe at Xi

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Certain countries support terrorism as part of their foreign policy while some others do so indirectly by blocking action against terrorists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday in an apparent reference to Pakistan and China.

 He made the remarks before delegates from over 70 countries and international organisations at the third ‘No Money for Terror Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing’ hosted by the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi.

The prime minister said organisations and individuals that try to create sympathy for terrorists must also be isolated. “International organisations must not think that absence of war means peace. Proxy wars are also dangerous and violent. There must be a cost imposed upon countries that support terrorism,” he said.

 Certain countries support terrorism as part of their foreign policy and they offer political, ideological and financial support, Modi said, adding, “There can be no ifs and buts entertained in such matters. The world needs to unite against all kinds of overt and covert backing of terror.” The prime minister said it is well known that terrorist organisations get money through several sources and one of them is state support.