Islamic State greatest challenge, must delink terrorism from religion: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
acknowledged that the dreaded terror group Islamic State poses one of
the greatest challenges facing the international community today and
said there is a need to "delink terrorism from religion".
During
a meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan on the sidelines of the UN
General Assembly session, Modi discussed ways to prevent radicalisation
of youth and to counteract extremist messaging, External Affairs
Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said after the meeting on Friday.
"Both
leaders acknowledged that ISIS was one of the greatest challenges
facing the international community. The Prime Minister said that there
is a need to delink terrorism from religion," Swarup said.
Modi
said the only way to combat international terrorism and the menace of
organisations like IS (also known as ISIS) was to have a global
response.
He specially
referred to the long pending proposal of a comprehensive convention on
international terrorism, saying the time has now come for the
international community to speak on one voice on this important issue
and adopt this global convention.
Modi and King Abdullah also discussed the UN Security Council reform.
"Prime
Minister mentioned that it was inconceivable that a country as large as
India representing one sixth of humanity was not in the Security
Council," he said.
"This was
something we have been agitating for a long time. We want that the 70th
anniversary of the United Nations to be an occasion for the
international community to step up to its obligations and reform this
very important body of the United Nations," Swarup said.
The
King of Jordan said he has fully supported this and he always supported
India's aspirations to be a permanent member of the Security Council,
he said, adding that Jordan is a very important country in a very
important region from India's point of view.
During
the meeting, the Prime Minister commended King Abdullah for the strong
leadership that he has shown in the fight against international
terrorism.
He also thanked
the King for the support that Jordan had provided when Indian citizens
were trapped in Iraq and Syria and have to be evacuated.
King
Abdullah said he valued India as a partner and wanted to increase the
economic and security co-operation that Jordan has with India, Swarup
added
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