The Home Minister also skipped the lunch being hosted by Khan after the meeting as the host had left the venue. Indian official has already communicated to the Pakistan ministry that Rajnath Singh has threat from various terrorist organisations and proper security needs to be provided to the home minister which is the State’s responsibility.
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There is a difference between fighting for freedom and terrorism, he was quoted as saying by local media.
Chairperson of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan Akja Nurberdiyeva calls on PM Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad today and discussed bilateral relations.Prime Minister said that Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline is a flagship project of great significance for both the countries as well as the region.The earliest realization of this Gas Pipeline project would advance our shared goals of energy security and regional prosperity.
Reprimanding media reports of “blackout” of Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement at the seventh meeting of SAARC Home/Interior Ministers as “misleading”, the Indian sources said it is the standard practice that the opening statement by the host country is made public and open to the media, while the rest of the proceedings are in camera, which allows for a full and frank discussion on issues. “Unfortunately i had another meeting”, he said. “However, we are witness to mounting threats and incidents that endanger our region’s peace and stability”, he said.
Singh said the will and the mandate of worldwide community against proscribed and wanted terrorists and their outfits must also be respected and implemented.
Advocating an immediate and effective action against all those who support or encourage worldwide terrorism in any way, whether they are state actors or non-state, he said “only then justice will be ensured for the victims of terrorist attacks such as in Mumbai and Pathankot”.
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Rajnath at SAARC meet in Pakistan: There is no good or bad terrorism. We must have the approach of “zero tolerance” against any type of terrorism. In our effort to tackle terrorism, we should look into all possible avenues of cyber-crime, its linkages with the terrorist world, and how these could be dealt with.
