Modi urges united action against terrorism

Ufa (Russia), July 9: Prime Minister rendra Modi on Thursday made a strong pitch for united action against terrorism and extremism by countries, including among BRICS, without discrimiting between groups, or countries, sponsors or targeted tions. He also proposed a slew of steps, including a film festival and football, to boost cooperation among the BRICS members. Modi, addressing the BRICS plery session, said peace and stability were the bulwarks of progress and prosperity and it was the responsibility of countries to unitedly combat terrorism and extremism. “We should unitedly combat terrorism and extremism, without any discrimition between groups, or countries, sponsors or targeted countries,” Modi said at the plery, attended by the leaders of the other four partners - Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff and South Africa’s Jacob Zuma. His remarks came a day after he raised with Chi’s Xi India’s concerns over Beijing blocking New Delhi’s move for action in the UN against Pakistan over the release of 26/11 mastermind and LeT terrorist Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. IANS