India tells UN: state-sponsored terrorism must be exposed and countered

Subra Hammer Ja Shankra told the Assembly that terrorism remains a persistent threat to peace and that state-sponsorship or cross-border purposes make it a direct affront to the global order. "There must be no dilution in our zero tolerance approach towards terrorism," he said, and urged that financial aspects be exposed and countered.

He said yesterday a "serial practitioner of terrorism misrepresented facts before this assembly," and warned that friendship and goodwill cannot coexist with terrorism. He insisted it is for perpetrators to mend their ways and said India would exercise its right to defend itself against terrorism.