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Intern’l laws, Mechanisms Need Implementation Without ‘Double Standards’ To Combat Terrorism: India at SCO

Mumbai: Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the only way to fight the scourge of terrorism is to strengthen and implement all existing international laws and mechanisms without exceptions or double standards. Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan today, Mr Singh said, terrorism continues to disrupt the societies and undermine the developmental endeavours and it is important for SCO countries to come together to deal with the menace.

“Terrorism continues to disrupt our societies and undermine our developmental endeavours. The only way to fight this scourge is to strengthen and implement, without exceptions or double standards, all existing international laws and mechanisms to combat terrorists and their enablers,” he tweeted.

“The leaders participating in the Meeting are expected to focus their discussions on the multilateral economic cooperation/economic development in the SCO region,” the MEA said in a statement on Singh’s visit.

He also termed terrorism “multidimensional, complex, and transnational” problem and called upon the international community to come together to fight the menace during the meeting.

“These new threats are multidimensional, complex, and transnational in nature. What is worse, they have a disproportionately adverse impact on developing countries. Climate change, terrorism, endemic poverty and inequality etc. can only be defeated together, not alone, It is important for SCO countries to come together to deal with this menace. I wish to congratulate Russia for successful holding the SCO joint military exercise CENTER 2019 in Orenburg aimed at evolving drills of the participating armies in the fight against terrorism,” Singh said.

Singh was received by Uzbeki Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov at the SCO meeting on Saturday. Apart from participating in the SCO meeting, the defence minister will also hold bilateral engagements with Uzbekistan.

The various SCO cooperation and activities have actively attended by India and various dialogue mechanism has developed multilateral cooperation within the SCO framework.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended the 18th Meeting of Council of SCO Heads of Government in Tashkent as the Special Envoy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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