India: Certain countries use terrorism as state policy instrument

India has called for shunning double standards in the fight against terrorism and said certain countries are using terrorism as an instrument of state policy, in a veiled jibe at Pakistan.

“When we talk about international peace and security, you will agree that terrorism constitutes one of the most serious threats,” R Ravindra, Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Permanent Representative in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN said.

“We must, therefore, shun double standards in our fight against terrorism,” he said.

Ravindra was speaking in the UN Security Council Friday on ‘Cooperation between the UN and the Regional and Sub-Regional Organisations in Maintenance of International Peace and Security: The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). In a veiled reference to Pakistan, he said that certain countries are using terrorism as an instrument of state policy. “Such an approach has the potential to affect cooperation in multilateral platforms including at the SCO,” he said.

Pakistan is a member of the Beijing-based Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.