Must impose cost on countries that support terrorism: PM Modi at ’No Money for Terror’ meet

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New Delhi, Nov 18, 2022: The world needs to unite against overt and covert terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the ’No Money for Terror’ ministerial conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing in New Delhi on Friday.

 

"Uprooting terrorism needs a larger, proactive, systemic response, If we want our citizens to be safe, we cannot wait until terror comes to our homes. We must pursue terrorists, break their support networks and hit their finances," he said while delivering the inaugural address.

PM Modi also spoke about state-sponsored terror and the need to crack down on such form of proxy war. Organisations and individuals that try to create sympathy for terrorists must also be isolated, he added.

"Certain countries support terrorism as part of their foreign policy. They offer political, ideological and financial support to them... There must be a cost imposed on such countries," he said.

PM Modi said India has suffered for decades due to terrorism, and it has fought back bravely.

"We consider that even a single attack is one too many. Even a single life lost is one too many. So, we will not rest till terrorism is uprooted," the prime minister said.

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

It will be attended by about 450 delegates from across the world, including ministers, heads of multilateral organisations and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) heads of delegations.

Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the concluding session of the conference on Saturday.

“The conference will build on gains and learnings of the previous two conferences (held in Paris in April 2018 and in Melbourne in November 2019) and will work towards enhancing global cooperation to deny finances to terrorists and access to permissive jurisdictions to operate," the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.

Courtesy: India Today