Efforts should be made to confront terrorism : PM
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Expressing concern over the threat of terrorism in the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that efforts should be made to work with the international community to devise measures to combat this menace, particularly in democratic countries.
Addressing the elite Special Protection Group (SPG) Raising Day in the capital, Singh said, "Our world is confronted by the threat of terrorism, sometimes from non-state actors. The number of important dignitaries at risk from terrorist threats have increased and is a source of great concern for governments around the world."
Stressing the need to work with the international community to devise measures to combat this menace, particularly in democratic countries, the prime minister said, "Terrorism is a threat to freedom and democracy everywhere".
Singh said that the Government was committed to deal with threats to peace, security, political stability, economic progress, social and communal harmony in the country.
"Whatever the source of terrorism, we are determined to root it out and ensure that in a democracy, political change can only come through the ballot box and not through the barrel of a gun," Singh averred. (PTI)
Stressing the need to work with the international community to devise measures to combat this menace, particularly in democratic countries, the prime minister said, "Terrorism is a threat to freedom and democracy everywhere".
Singh said that the Government was committed to deal with threats to peace, security, political stability, economic progress, social and communal harmony in the country.
"Whatever the source of terrorism, we are determined to root it out and ensure that in a democracy, political change can only come through the ballot box and not through the barrel of a gun," Singh averred. (PTI)
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