Speaking at the ‘No Money for Terror’ conference in New Delhi, India Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said: “Uprooting terrorism needs a larger, proactive, systemic response, If we want our citizens to be safe, we cannot wait until terror comes to our homes.” He highlighted that all acts of terrorism should receive “equal outrage and action”. Modi said India saw the “dark face of terror” long before the world took serious note of it.
Over the decades, terrorism tried to hurt India in different names and forms. We lost thousands of precious lives, but we have fought terrorism bravely,” he said.
The intensity of the reaction to different attacks cannot vary based on where it happens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, adding that “all terrorist attacks deserve equal outrage and action”. He said that there is no place for “ambiguous approach while dealing with a global threat”, calling terrorism an attack on humanity, freedom, and civilization.
“Over the decades, terrorism, in different names and forms, tried to hurt India. We lost thousands of precious lives, but we have fought terrorism bravely,” he said.
“We consider that even a single attack is one too many. Even a single life lost is one too many. So, we will not rest till terrorism is uprooted,” he added.
The PM said that the long-term impact of terrorism is particularly hard on the poor and the local economy.
Calling for a global clampdown on terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the importance of a zero-tolerance policy on radicalisation. “Those supporting radicalisation shouldn’t have a place in any nation,” he said.
In what appeared to be a veiled jibe at Pakistan, PM Modi said that some countries “support terrorism as part of their foreign policy”. “These countries must be isolated. There can be no ifs and buts,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that even a single attack is one too many. Vowing not to rest until terrorism is uprooted, he said that the global community would have to pursue terrorists systematically by breaking their support networks and hitting their finances.
The Mauritian delegation at the conference was led by FIU Director Charlette-Katinic.
