New Delhi:

The depth of the response to completely different assaults can’t range based mostly on the place it occurs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at this time mentioned, including that “all terrorist attacks deserve equal outrage and action”. He mentioned that there isn’t any place for “ambiguous approach while dealing with a global threat”, calling terrorism an assault on humanity, freedom and civilization.

The PM was talking on the ‘No Money for Terror’ Ministerial Conference on counter-terrorism financing in Delhi the place he mentioned our nation noticed the “dark face of terror” lengthy earlier than the world took critical notice of it.

“Over the decades, terrorism, in diferent names and forms, tried to hurt India. We lost thousands of precious lives, but we have fought terrorism bravely,” he mentioned.

“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.

Taking a dig at Pakistan, which together with Afghanistan didn’t particiapte within the worldwide meet, the PM mentioned sure international locations help terrorists as a part of their international coverage. 

“They offer political, ideological, and financial support to them,” he mentioned, including that price have to be imposed on such international locations.

The long-term affect of terrorism is especially exhausting  on the poor and on the native economic system, the PM mentioned.

“Nobody likes an area that is constantly under threat. And due to this, the livelihood of people is taken away. It is all the more important that we strike at the root of terror financing,” PM Modi mentioned.

In a press release, the Prime Minister’s workplace (PMO) mentioned the convention will provide a singular platform for taking part nations and organisations to deliberate on the effectiveness of the present worldwide regime on Counter Terrorism Financing in addition to steps required to deal with rising challenges.

The convention will construct on the features and learnings of the earlier two conferences held in Paris in April 2018 and in Melbourne in November 2019. It may also work in the direction of enhancing world cooperation to disclaim funds to terrorists and entry to permissive jurisdictions to function.