'One country' scuttled NAM working group on terror: India's jibe at Pak

September 18, 2016 13:23

Hitting out at Pakistan, India on Sunday said "one country" in its neighbourhood scuttled its proposal of setting up a working group on counter-terrorism within the Non-Aligned Movement even as the final draft declaration of the bloc's summit strongly condemned terrorism and vowed to combat the scourge.

The final draft declaration of the 17th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Porlamar, Venezuela also strongly pitched for decisive and coordinated action to prevent and combat the financing and illicit transfer of weapons.

The NAM summit draft declaration reiterated that terrorism constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.

Hence, the 120 NAM countries reaffirmed their firm condemnation of terrorist acts in all forms and manifestations, whatever their motivations, whenever and by whomsoever they are committed.

Asked about the working group on terrorism within NAM that India had proposed, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin, without naming Pakistan, said there was "one country in our neighbourhood who did not allow consensus to be reached on this matter".

However, he said this was an issue Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has now put further on the agenda, saying that he will in his presidency outline this as one of his priorities.

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