Feb 13 2016 : The Times of India (Chennai)
India, UAE join hands to delink terror and religion
New Delhi:
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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Without naming Pakistan, India and the UAE in a oint statement on Friday called upon states to rein in “non-state actors“ involved in perpetrating terrorist activities, saying terrorism could not be used as an instrument of state policy .
Taking off from where they had left in August last year, when PM Narendra Modi visited the UAE, the joint statement, issued on the visit of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said any link between extremism or terrorism and religion should be strongly rejected by the international community .
“They (the two leaders) reiterated their condemnation for efforts, including by states, to use religion to justify , support and sponsor terrorism against other countries, or to use terrorism as instrument of state policy,“ the statement said.
“They further deplored efforts by countries to give reli gious and sectarian colour to political issues and pointed out the responsibility of all states to control the activities of the so-called `non-state actors', and to cut all support to terrorists operating and perpetrating terrorism from their territories against other states,“ it added.
The two countries have also decided to launch an annual policy dialogue to discuss peace and security in the region.Modi and Sheikh Mohamed also discussed the growing phenomenon of religious intolerance and radicalisation.
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