New Delhi: Countries sponsoring and harbouring terrorists should be made to pay the price for doing so, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday, calling for a united global fight against terrorism.
In an address to youth delegates in New Delhi who are in India to attend the ongoing (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) BRICS Youth Summit in Guwahati from July 1 to 3, Ms Swaraj said the fight should be carried out without any distinction being made between “good” and “bad” terrorists.
Ironically, China, a member of BRICS, had, a few months ago, opposed India’s move to get terror outfit JeM’s chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN, a clear example of China condoning Pakistan’s strategy of allowing terrorists to freely operate from Pakistani soil.
“We also need to work and fight together to eliminate international terrorism in BRICS, UN Security Council and its various Committees. This should be done without any differentiation of a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ terrorist. A terrorist is a terrorist, and is someone who is acting against humanity as a whole. Those countries which sponsor and harbour terrorists should be made to pay a price,” she said. she also heaped praise on Prime Minister at the event.
