VP Ansari calls for organised global action to fight terrorism

Observing that only organised international action can defeat terrorism, Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday called for restructuring the international legal framework.

"International terrorism can only be defeated by organised international action. We need to restructure the international legal framework such as by adopting a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism," said Ansari while addressing the Nigerian National Defence College here, reports IANS.

Stronger India-Nigeria relations would add to the regional and global security, he added.

He described terrorism as the "biggest threat" to international peace and sovereignty of states.

"Terrorism today has global reach and no city remains safe. There is a new level of threat to pluralist and open societies," he said.

"A terrorist is a terrorist, one who commits crimes against humanity cannot have any religion, or be afforded any political sanctuary," he added.

Ansari said: "Societies that stand for peace and humanism have to increase their cooperation and strengthen efforts to prevent supply of arms to terrorists, disrupt terrorist movements, curb and criminalise terror financing."