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Efforts should be made to confront terrorism : PM
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SPECIALCORRESPONDENT on 01 April, 2008 01:02:00
 
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)