SHAH CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT TERROR

NEW DELHI: Asserting that no country can defeat terrorism alone, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the international community must continue to fight shoulder to shoulder against this increasingly complex and borderless threat.

Addressing the concluding function of third ‘No Money for Terror’ Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing, he said some countries and their agencies have made terrorism their State policy. “In these terror havens, it’s necessary to shackle their unrestrained activities along with economic crackdown. All countries have to rise above their geo-political interests,” Shah said.

He said some countries repeatedly support terrorists and those who harbour terrorism. “I believe that terrorism has no international boundaries, so all countries should think beyond politics and cooperate with each other,” Shah said.

He called for transparency in intelligence sharing among international community to defeat this “borderless threat” of terrorism. “Our first commitment should be cooperation with transparency. All countries, all organizations, must pledge complete transparency in sharing intelligence in a better and more effective manner,” he said.

Citing action by India against an organisation promoting radicalisation, Shah said every country should identify and take stringent action against such organisations.