Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Government
is firmly committed to rooting out terrorism from the country.
Shah posted a message on X, a few hours ago before attending the
inauguration of the ‘Third Anti-terror Conference’ being hosted by the National
Investigation Agency (NIA) in the national capital.
“The Modi Government is firmly committed to rooting out terrorism
from our country. Will inaugurate the ‘Third Anti-terror Conference’ hosted by NIA
India in New Delhi today and illustrate Modi Ji’s vision behind the policy of
zero tolerance for terrorism adopted by our nation,” Amit Shah posted on ‘X’.
The Home Minister will inaugurate the ‘Third Anti-terror Conference’
at 11 am at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri area.
The conference is being held by the NIA to discuss various issues
to deal with the menace of terrorism and prepare a road map in the fight
against it in close coordination with other agencies and state forces
concerned.
The conference will be attended by the Anti-Terrorist Squad
of State police forces across the country and other concerned officers from
different forces as well as other departments under the Ministry of Home
Affairs engaged in anti-terror projects.
Counter-terrorism issues from financing to inter-State, as well as,
foreign links of gangsters with banned terror outfits like Khalistani entities
are among the issues to be discussed in the conference which would be attended
by different ranks of officers from Superintendent of Police to Director
General.
The use of official and unofficial channels in financing terrorism,
as well as, the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorism financing would
also be among the subject of discussion.
The establishment of mechanisms to share information and best
practices between States is also among other issues to be discussed at the
event.
In November, the NIA organised a two-day No Money For Terror (NMFT)
Ministerial Conference with the commitment of 93 participating countries and
multilateral organisations to strengthen international cooperation to address
challenges in combating terrorism financing.
In the conference, the chair had affirmed that terrorism and its
financing, in all forms and manifestations, continues to constitute one of the
most serious threats to international peace and security and that any acts of
terrorism and its financing are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their
motivations, whenever and by whomsoever committed, and called for listings and
de-listings under these sanction regimes to be done in an objective manner,
based on evidence and free from political considerations and duality of
standards.
It was reaffirmed that the actions to counter terrorism and its
financing should be collective and unified, without exceptions on any ground
and recommitted to a zero-tolerance approach to terrorism.
It was emphasized that the threat of terrorism and its financing is
continuing, affecting a greater number of States across most regions, which
contributes to undermining affected States, specifically their security,
stability, governance, social and economic development.
It is desirable that States enhance their efforts to proactively
counter these threats, even before they emerge.
ANI
