Calling terror emanating from Pakistan as a 'Frankenstein', India on Tuesday said the international community needs to act decisively and in concert to get rid of this scourge.
Calling terror emanating from Pakistan as a 'Frankenstein', India on Tuesday said the international community needs to act decisively and in concert to get rid of this scourge.
"There is equally an onus on the international community to act. This Frankenstein is now a threat to democracy, stability and peace in Afghanistan and to Pakistan itself. The international community needs to act decisively and in concert to get rid of this scourge.
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"We sincerely hope that this approach would be the way ahead. As a victim of terrorism, we must remain committed to safeguarding the lives of our nationals and to taking all the necessary steps to enhance and safeguard our security," Defence Minister AK Antony said today.
He was delivering the inaugural address at the 11th Asian Security Conference on 'The Changing Face of Conflict and Evolving Strategies in Asia' organised by the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses.
Antony said the prospects of inter-state armed conflicts were indeed declining but India and the Asian continent continued to face the challenge of terrorism.
"Pakistan has become the epicentre of international terrorism." He said the assault on Mumbai and many previous attacks on Indian cities over the past few years have gravely undermined peace and security. Afghanistan has a victim of similar acts, as indeed have been other countries.
Defence Minister said that the major attacks of large magnitude could be planned and executed by elements in Pakistan, which has totally undermined the solemn commitments made by its leadership to India that territory in its control would not be permitted to be used for terrorism.
The positive gains of the past years, he said, had been destroyed by the dastardly attack on Mumbai.
"Onus is now on Government of Pakistan to act with sincerity and decisiveness against the perpetrators and controllers of such attacks."
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