Seoul/Kuwait Metropolis/Paris, Might 26 (PTI) All-party parliamentary delegations Monday briefed leaders of South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, DR Congo and Slovenia on India’s renewed doctrine of responding firmly to any act of terrorism and sought their help in bringing to justice the perpetrators, financiers and supporters of terrorism.
A nine-member delegation, led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, met South Korean Overseas Minister Cho Tae-yul, 1st Vice Overseas Minister Kim Hong Kyun and Sung Il-jong, Chairperson of the Nationwide Defence Committee of the Nationwide Meeting, in Seoul and conveyed India’s nationwide resolve on zero-tolerance coverage in combatting terrorism.
The delegation “sought RoK’s help in holding organisers, perpetrators, financiers and supporters of terrorism to account and bringing them to justice,” the Embassy of India in Seoul stated in a put up on X.
In Kuwait Metropolis, the delegation, led by BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda, referred to as on Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of State for Cupboard Affairs Sherida A S Al-Maousharji and apprised him of India’s latest actions to fight cross-border terrorism.
“Each side reaffirmed their #ZeroTolerance strategy to terrorism,” the Embassy of India in Kuwait stated in a put up on X.
The delegation, which arrived in Kuwait Metropolis from Bahrain, additionally provided floral tributes on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the Embassy and visited the Grand Mosque of Kuwait, the most important mosque within the Gulf nation constructed over 4 a long time in the past.
In Qatar, the Indian delegation, led by NCP-SP chief Supriya Sule, met Minister of State for Inside Affairs Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Faisal bin Mohammed Al Thani and Minister of State for Overseas Affairs Mohamed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi.
“Al Khulaifi conveyed Qatar’s solidarity with India and coverage of zero tolerance in opposition to terrorism for regional stability and prosperity,” the Indian Embassy in Doha stated in a put up.
MoS for Inside Affairs Sheikh Abdulaziz appreciated the go to of the delegation and reiterated Qatar’s agency stance in opposition to terrorism, it added.
Qatar is taken into account to wield affect within the West Asian area and has a task as a mediator in regional conflicts.
In Slovenia, the Indian delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Monday referred to as on senior officers in Ljubljana and emphasised India’s “new regular” of zero tolerance in opposition to cross-border terrorism.
The delegation met Vojko Volk, State Secretary and Nationwide Coordinator for Nationwide and Worldwide Safety within the Prime Minister’s Workplace; Predrag Bakovic, Chairperson of the Overseas Coverage Committee of the Nationwide Meeting; and Miroslav Gregoric of the India-Slovenia Parliamentary Friendship Group.
The Slovenian facet reaffirmed its condemnation of terrorism as “pure evil that can’t be justified in any type,” the Indian embassy in Ljubljana stated in a put up on X.
In Georgetown, Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Prime Minister Mark Phillips reiterated their nation’s unwavering help to India‘s battle in opposition to terrorism, as an all-party parliamentary delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor met them on Sunday to transient them on India‘s place on the problem.
Prime Minister Phillips hosted the Indian all-party parliamentary delegation in Berbice on the eve of Guyana’s 59th Independence Day.
Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, an all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde held a “fruitful assembly” with Minister of State of Overseas Affairs Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner on Monday, the India mission in Kinshasa stated.
The delegation conveyed India’s zero tolerance for terrorism and thanked her for the help and solidarity within the battle in opposition to terrorism it added.
In France, BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad stated India desires peace and amity however not at the price of harmless Indians, and the world should communicate in a single voice so far as barbaric state-sponsored terrorism is worried, as an all-party delegation led by him started its six-country Europe tour.
“And if in probably the most barbaric method, Pahalgam occurs, there will probably be a value to it, and the entire world wants to talk in a single voice so far as terrorism is worried. It is a world menace, a world most cancers,” he stated.
The delegation will probably be participating with members of the Senate and Nationwide Meeting, suppose tanks and a cross-section of the Indian diaspora throughout the opening leg of their go to to France.
In Seoul, Chairperson Sung “emphasised that any act of terrorism is against the law in opposition to humanity and can’t be condoned,” the Indian mission in Seoul stated.
Overseas Minister Cho, who dropped briefly throughout the delegation’s assembly with 1st Vice Overseas Minister, reaffirmed South Korea’s “sturdy stance in opposition to terrorism and prolonged help to India’s battle in opposition to this menace,” it added.
The delegation additionally interacted with senior representatives of main suppose tanks, company coverage teams, main media homes and India Research Centres in South Korea. The delegation additionally highlighted India’s ‘No First Use Coverage’ and rejection of any nuclear blackmail.
The delegation additionally met Chairperson of the Korea-India Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Nationwide Meeting Yun Ho-jung, who “conveyed that any act of terrorism is unacceptable and can’t be justified, and that there ought to be no sacrifice of harmless lives by terrorism and reaffirmed RoK’s sturdy stand in opposition to terrorism,” the Indian mission in Seoul stated in a put up on X.
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, who’s a part of the delegation led by Jha, warned that the world must be very cautious and aware of how Pakistan has been harbouring terrorism. “Breeding a snake in your yard and anticipating it to chew solely your neighbour is the very last thing one ought to consider,” he stated.
As a part of India’s diplomatic outreach, seven multi-party delegations are travelling to 33 world capitals to succeed in out to the worldwide neighborhood on Pakistan’s designs and India’s response to terror, particularly in view of the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault that killed 26 individuals.
India carried out precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir within the early hours of Might 7 below Operation Sindoor, following which Pakistan tried to assault the Indian army bases on Might 8, 9 and 10. The Indian facet responded strongly to the Pakistani actions. PTI AK/GRS/PY/NSA/ZH ZH ZH
