New Delhi: India has a “zero tolerance” policy in terrorism and believes in collective global efforts to fight threats, the Minister of State for external affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday in a background of development in Afghanistan.
The minister said in Rajya Sabha that India continued its involvement in problems related to Afghanistan, including terrorism and radicalization, with international stakeholders and regional partners.
“India has a historical relationship and civilization with Afghanistan.
As a neighbor who is close together and the old partner of Afghanistan, India is worried about recent developments in the country,” he said.
“The Indian government has a ‘zero tolerance to terrorism and believes in the collective efforts of the international community to fight threats,” Muraleedharan added.
He answered questions about whether the government was considering a cooperative approach to overcome threats such as terrorism and radicalization after the takeover of Kabul Taliban.
“India continues its involvement in problems related to Afghanistan, including terrorism and radicalization, with international stakeholders and regional partners in various forums,” he said.
“In this case, the Prime Minister participated in the SCO-CSTO Summit (Collective Security Agreement Organization) and the Extraordinary G-20 summit in Afghanistan,” Minister said.
He also mentions the resolution of the UN Security Council (UNSCR) 2593 in Afghanistan.
Resolution, adopted on August 30 under the president of the global body of India, talked about the need to uphold human rights in Afghanistan, demanding that the Afghanistan region should not be used for terrorism and that negotiated political settlements must be found in the crisis.
Muraleedharan also refers to regional dialogues hosted in India in Afghanistan on November 10 which was attended by Russian NSA, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
He said the results document, Delhi declaration was issued.
This reflects the “regional consensus” for the main problem of regional stability and security.
“On December 10, India became the host of a ministerial level session in ‘Afghanistan’ on the sidelines of the mid-Central Asia dialogue led by the Minister of External Affairs and was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Central Asian countries,” Minister said.
He also referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Hosting the first Indian Summit, which was attended by the President of the Central Asian Republic, on January 27.
“During the meeting, leaders discussed a developing situation in Afghanistan including problems related to terrorism and radicalization,” said Muraleedharan.