Kirti Vardhan Singh calls for deeper global cooperation to combat terrorism at 19th NAM Ministerial Meeting

Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, today said terrorism is a shared threat that can be addressed only through deeper international cooperation. In the national statement delivered by the MoS at the 19th NAM Mid-Term Ministerial Meeting in Kampala, he stressed that India has been a victim of barbaric cross-border terrorist attacks for decades, most recently when innocent tourists were slaughtered in Pahalgam on 22nd of April. He said that when nations declare terror as state policy and when terror hubs are allowed to proliferate with impunity, such actions deserve nothing but unequivocal condemnation. 
 
 
Mr Singh highlighted that virtually every member of this movement is cognizant of the challenge posed by terrorism and is committed to combating it. He termed it a matter of deep regret that when the UN Security Council deliberated on the Pahalgam terrorist attack, a member state chose to defend the perpetrator – The Resistance Front – to the extent of seeking a deletion of any public reference to them.
He said that it is imperative that the Non-Aligned Movement display zero tolerance for terrorism. He added that any sponsorship, support, justification or cover-up of terrorism will come back to bite those who do so.