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Call for Indo-Russian collaboration in fighting terrorism

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Condemning global terrorism in unequivocal terms, speakers at a seminar titled "Role of United Nations in Fighting Against Terrorism" held at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) here on Thursday laid special emphasis on mobilising all efforts in eliminating the greatest menace looming large on the face of mankind.

Organised jointly by the RCSC and Indian Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the seminar saw Sergey V. Cherkas, Deputy Director in RCSC, highlighting the increasing role of the United Nations in combating terrorism, one of the most dangerous threats the countries across the world face one way or other, particularly in Russia and India.

Citing UN's counter-terrorism activities, Dr. Cherkas described some of the key issues pertaining to the risks of nuclear terrorism. He also projected some questions for discussion at the seminar, for example collaboration between Russia and India in the field of fighting against terrorism.

Tracing India's dire experience to the national loss of great leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, and the terrible terrorist onslaughts that followed in the country, K.L. Malhotra, general secretary of Indian Council for UN Relations, referred to the potential sources, particularly those who are orchestrating and engineering terrorism.

Pointing out the essential need of mobilising world opinion against the terrorist hazard, S.S. Chaman, secretary-general of Indian Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (IAFFC), reiterated the role of dialogue to be initiated by right-thinking people of the world cutting across all barriers in line with the consciousness of humanity.

Making his presidential observation, eminent scholar and former Registrar of Delhi University K.K. Panda, said what is needed now is to precisely define terrorism, for the powerful and the affluent nations with vested interests tend use it as a tool to interfere in the internal affairs of the economically weaker countries. Citing overall transformation of the situation in terms of terrorist onslaughts, Dr. Panda referred to the excesses committed by some forces, particularly after the attack on the World Trade Centre.

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