New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar came down heavily on Pakistan on the issue of cross border terrorism at the 18th Non-Alignment Movement summit in Azerbaijan today.
Dr Jaishankar in his address at the NAM's ministerial meeting denounced all forms terrorism and called it a threat to international peace and development.
"The growing linkages between terrorist groups and cross-border operations including terror financing networks, and the spread of hateful ideologies through modern communication technologies have left no country untouched by this scourge," External Affairs Minister said.
"We must reform and revitalise the current arrangements and working methods of our Movement, to allow us to pursue a positive and forward-looking agenda. At the same time, we must guard against attempts to divide us and to misuse multilateral platforms to further narrow interests," he added.
He also sought for more support from NAM members in their fight against this through the exchange of information and best practices, preventing misuse of modern technologies, monitoring illicit financial flows and cooperating in the investigation and judicial procedures.
Not only this, Dr Jaishankar also urged NAM members to support India's proposed Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) in order to further strengthen the existing legal frameworks.
"Multilateralism is undoubtedly under strain today. It is important that our Movement that represents two-thirds of the world’s population - continues to work together and take the lead in building multilateral governance structures that are capable of meeting these challenges," he added.
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