India urged the International community that the fight against terrorism should be fought on all fronts and the excuse of using terrorism as an instrument of state policy cannot be tolerated.
While addressing a UN committee on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, Yedla Umasankar, legal adviser and first secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN said, “Use of terrorism as an instrument of State Policy cannot be tolerated. Those who have taken recourse to it have invariably suffered themselves proving the age old dictum that those who play with the sword, shall also perish by it.”
The Indian diplomat said that all the member states should unite together to fight against the scourge of terrorism squarely and decisively. He added that the UN cannot afford to deal with the terrorist groups selectively or dismantle terrorism on basis of priorities. It has to be all fought and finished collectively.
Umasankar further listed down several resolutions of the UN Security Council requesting all the members to take actions to completely eradicate terrorism. He also said that just suppressing and preventing terrorism will not be enough, the members should also refrain from providing any type of support or weapons or give shelter to any terrorist organisations and groups.
The officials said that India is deeply concerned about the issue of entities financing terrorism. It strongly is against providing direct or indirect finance to any type of individual involved in terrorist activities or to any terrorist group. The official also informed that India also condemns the defending of any criminal cases involving terrorist acts against them.