States sponsoring terrorism must be taken to task: Gen Rawat at Raisina Dialogue - watsupptoday.com
States sponsoring terrorism must be taken to task: Gen Rawat at Raisina Dialogue
Posted 16 Jan 2020 03:13 PM

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Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday pitched for strong global action against states sponsoring terrorism, saying there is a need to take the bull by its horns and strike at the root cause.

In an address at the Raisina Dialogue, Gen Rawat said there is a need to take a hardline approach in dealing with terrorism, the way the US went after terror groups after the 9/11 terror attacks.

“As long as there are states which sponsor terrorism, we will have to live with the menace. We need to take the bull by its horns and strike at the root cause,” he said in an oblique reference to Pakistan.

“If we think the war on terrorism is going to end, we are wrong,” Gen Rawat said.

He said the countries which are sponsoring terrorism could not be part of the global fight against terror networks. “You cannot have partners who are partnering global war on terrorism and yet sponsoring terrorism...There has to be diplomatic isolation of those sponsoring terrorism. Any country which is sponsoring terrorism has to be taken to task,” he said.
On containing radicalization, the Chief of Defence Staff said it could be checked if right persons were targeted, adding that there was a need to confront the “ideology of radicalization”.

Asked whether he supported negotiations with the Taliban, he said peace talks should be initiated with everybody provided they gave up the “weapon of terrorism”. PTI

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