Jaishankar highlights growing threat of terrorism at global conference

Story by ANI | Posted by Tripti Nath | Date 19-11-2022

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the conference on terror

New Delhi

Addressing the 'No Money For Terror' (NMFT) conference on Saturday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar highlighted reasons behind the growing scope, scale and intensity of the terrorist threat in recent years.

"Addressed the 'No Money For Terror' conference today. Spoke at the session on promoting international cooperation. Highlighted reasons behind the growing scope, scale and intensity of the terrorist threat in recent years," Jaishankar tweeted.

"India, along with like-minded partners, will remain committed and energetic to highlight the existential threats that terrorism poses to global security and stability. We will shine the spotlight on this peril - and all those involved in nurturing and furthering it," he said.

Jaishankar said, the 'No Money for Terror' platform aims to broad base the Big Fight against Terror Financing. "When it comes to terrorism, we will never look away, we will never compromise and we will never give up on our quest to ensure justice," he said.

The two-day conference organised on 18th-19th November offers a unique platform for participating nations and organisations to deliberate on the effectiveness of the current international regime on Counter Terrorism Financing and the steps required to address emerging challenges.

On the sidelines of the summit, Jaishankar met Maldives Home Minister Imran Abdulla and reiterated India's commitment to a special relationship.

Highlighting the importance of this conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that it should not be seen just as a gathering of ministers as terrorism impacts entire humanity. Addressing the NMFT Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing in New Delhi, he said that the long-term impact of terrorism is particularly hard on the poor and on the local economy. "Be it tourism or trade, nobody likes an area that is constantly under threat", Modi remarked.

"Over the decades," the Prime Minister said, "terrorism, in different names and forms, tried to hurt India." He added that even though thousands of precious lives were lost, India fought terrorism bravely.

The Prime Minister highlighted that it is an opportunity for all the delegates to interact with India and its people who have been firm in tackling terror.