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PM urges Saarc to do more to curb terror

PTI
Published : Dec 9, 2019, 1:43 am IST
Updated : Dec 9, 2019, 1:43 am IST

In the last three years, India has been distancing itself from the Saarc.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

New Delhi: In an oblique reference to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India's efforts for greater collaboration among the Saarc countries have repeatedly been challenged with threats and acts of terrorism.

In a letter to the Saarc secretariat on the 35th anniversary of the grouping’s founding, the Prime Minister said all countries in the region should take effective steps to defeat the scourge of terrorism and the forces which support it.

Such efforts, he, said would generate greater trust and confidence to build a stronger Saarc. “Saarc has made progress, but more needs to be done. Our efforts for greater collaboration have repeatedly been challenged with threats and acts of terrorism,” Mr Modi said.

“Such an environment impedes our shared objective of realising the full potential of Saarc. It is critical that all countries in the region take effective steps to defeat the scourge of terrorism and the forces that support it,” he said.

In the last three years, India has been distancing itself from the Saarc.

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