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Don`t provide terrorists safe havens, PM tells NAM
V Mohan Narayan
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), Jul 15 (PTI) Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday made a strong pitch for
dismantling terror infrastructure and asked countries not to
provide safe havens for terrorists sending a strong message to
Pakistan on the eve of his meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani.
"In recent years, terrorist groups have become more
sophisticated, more organised and more daring. Terrorists and
those who aid and abet them must be brought to justice," he
said addressing the plenary session of the two-day Summit of
the 118-member Non-Aligned Movement(NAM).
Though Singh did not name Pakistan, his speech left no
one in doubt as to who it was aimed at.
Singh meets Gilani Thursday morning to get a categoric
commitment that Pakistan would stop terror acts directed
against India and push for expeditious trial of the accused in
the Mumbai terror attacks.
"The infrastructure of terrorism must be dismantled
and there should be no safe havens for terrorists because they
do not represent any cause, group or religion. It is time that
we agree on a Comprehensive Convention on International
Terrorism," he said.
Speaking at the Summit, Gilani said there was recently
forward movement in Pakistan's relations with India and it
hopes to sustain the momentum and move towards comprehensive
engagement. Islamabad has been pushing for resumption of the
dialogue process stalled since the Mumbai terror strikes in
November last year.
Gilani used the occasion to rake up the Jammu and
Kashmir issue. Pakistan believed that durable peace in South
Asia was achievable if it was facilitated by resolution of all
outstanding issues including Kashmir, he said.
Gilani went on to note that peace dividend for the 1.5
billion people in the region would be enormous.
In Singh's speech terrorism figured prominently with
the Indian leader saying that "extremism, intolerance and
terrorism are our antitheses" because they "seek to destroy us
and our Movement."
Addressing the Summit under the new chairmanship of
Egypt, Singh also warned that a stagflation may be in the
offing if corrective steps were not taken immediately to deal
with the global economic crisis.
"If the aftermath of the crisis is not carefully
managed and if the abundance of liquidity leads to a revival
of speculative activities, we may well see a period of
prolonged stagflation," he said.
He said the global recession has strengthened
protectionism in developed country markets, drastically
reduced developing country exports and choked credit and
capital flows to the third world.
The Prime Minister also spoke about the possible
fallout if the crisis continued. "Crucially for the developing
world, a continuing slowdown will force more and more of our
people back into poverty, bringing down levels of nutrition,
health and education. The progress we have made at great cost
and sacrifice will be wiped out. The Millennium Development
Goals will become a mirage".
Singh said NAM has a great stake in ensuring that
steps planned to revive the global economy take into account
the concerns of the developing countries. These include the
challenges of food and energy security, environment and reform
of institutions of global governance.
Amid questions being raised about the relevance of
NAM, Singh noted that non-alignment "is an idea that evolves
but does not fade. We must take it forward, harnessing it to
meet the challenges of today."
Voicing concern over the accumulation of greenhouse
gases resulting from over two centuries of industrial activity
and unsustainable lifestyles in the developed world, he
asserted that any equitable solution to the problem of climate
change should acknowledge this "historical responsibility."
Developing countries, Singh said, were the
worst-affected by climate change. They had the biggest stake
in ensuring the success of global efforts to tackle climate
change.
"We recognise more than anyone else our obligation to
preserve and protect the environment. We are already making
our significant contribution in this regard, but climate
change action must not perpetuate the poverty of the
developing countries," Singh said.
"The weight of NAM should be used to achieve a
comprehensive, balanced and above all, equitable outcome in
the ongoing multilateral negotiations, leading up to the
Copenhagen Conference in December this year," he said. PTI
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), Jul 15 (PTI) Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday made a strong pitch for
dismantling terror infrastructure and asked countries not to
provide safe havens for terrorists sending a strong message to
Pakistan on the eve of his meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani.
"In recent years, terrorist groups have become more
sophisticated, more organised and more daring. Terrorists and
those who aid and abet them must be brought to justice," he
said addressing the plenary session of the two-day Summit of
the 118-member Non-Aligned Movement(NAM).
Though Singh did not name Pakistan, his speech left no
one in doubt as to who it was aimed at.
Singh meets Gilani Thursday morning to get a categoric
commitment that Pakistan would stop terror acts directed
against India and push for expeditious trial of the accused in
the Mumbai terror attacks.
"The infrastructure of terrorism must be dismantled
and there should be no safe havens for terrorists because they
do not represent any cause, group or religion. It is time that
we agree on a Comprehensive Convention on International
Terrorism," he said.
Speaking at the Summit, Gilani said there was recently
forward movement in Pakistan's relations with India and it
hopes to sustain the momentum and move towards comprehensive
engagement. Islamabad has been pushing for resumption of the
dialogue process stalled since the Mumbai terror strikes in
November last year.
Gilani used the occasion to rake up the Jammu and
Kashmir issue. Pakistan believed that durable peace in South
Asia was achievable if it was facilitated by resolution of all
outstanding issues including Kashmir, he said.
Gilani went on to note that peace dividend for the 1.5
billion people in the region would be enormous.
In Singh's speech terrorism figured prominently with
the Indian leader saying that "extremism, intolerance and
terrorism are our antitheses" because they "seek to destroy us
and our Movement."
Addressing the Summit under the new chairmanship of
Egypt, Singh also warned that a stagflation may be in the
offing if corrective steps were not taken immediately to deal
with the global economic crisis.
"If the aftermath of the crisis is not carefully
managed and if the abundance of liquidity leads to a revival
of speculative activities, we may well see a period of
prolonged stagflation," he said.
He said the global recession has strengthened
protectionism in developed country markets, drastically
reduced developing country exports and choked credit and
capital flows to the third world.
The Prime Minister also spoke about the possible
fallout if the crisis continued. "Crucially for the developing
world, a continuing slowdown will force more and more of our
people back into poverty, bringing down levels of nutrition,
health and education. The progress we have made at great cost
and sacrifice will be wiped out. The Millennium Development
Goals will become a mirage".
Singh said NAM has a great stake in ensuring that
steps planned to revive the global economy take into account
the concerns of the developing countries. These include the
challenges of food and energy security, environment and reform
of institutions of global governance.
Amid questions being raised about the relevance of
NAM, Singh noted that non-alignment "is an idea that evolves
but does not fade. We must take it forward, harnessing it to
meet the challenges of today."
Voicing concern over the accumulation of greenhouse
gases resulting from over two centuries of industrial activity
and unsustainable lifestyles in the developed world, he
asserted that any equitable solution to the problem of climate
change should acknowledge this "historical responsibility."
Developing countries, Singh said, were the
worst-affected by climate change. They had the biggest stake
in ensuring the success of global efforts to tackle climate
change.
"We recognise more than anyone else our obligation to
preserve and protect the environment. We are already making
our significant contribution in this regard, but climate
change action must not perpetuate the poverty of the
developing countries," Singh said.
"The weight of NAM should be used to achieve a
comprehensive, balanced and above all, equitable outcome in
the ongoing multilateral negotiations, leading up to the
Copenhagen Conference in December this year," he said. PTI
