New Delhi: After completing a visit to four countries under Operation Sindoor Outreach former Minister of State V. Muraleedharan shared that “The four countries that we visited we had a very highly productive meetings.”He said they held important discussions with a wide range of people from government officials and parliament members to civil society groups and scholars. The key message shared during the visit was that India continues to face terrorism supported by Pakistan. Muraleedharan noted that there was a strong agreement among the people they met about the need for a global effort to fight such terrorism. Everyone they spoke to strongly condemned the recent terror attack in Pahalgam and overall the visit was considered a great success.
00:00The four countries that we visited, we had a very highly productive meetings.
00:07We had interactions with a cross-section of persons, including from the government, the parliament, the civic society and academics.
00:22And the message that we conveyed was that even though terrorism is a global menace, the terrorism that India is subjected to is a result of the state-sponsored terrorism of Pakistan.
00:43State-sponsored terrorism will not be found anywhere else other than that is sponsored by Pakistan.
00:55And there was a consensus that there is a need for a global initiative against such forms of terrorism.
01:08The everyone whom we met, in their strongest words, condemned the terror attack that was there in Pehelgaon.
01:20So, I feel that the view is that our visit was very successful.
01:26We could convey the message to the whole world that India suffers at the hands of the state-sponsored terrorism initiated by Pakistan and there is need for a global initiative against such efforts.
01:45One more point that we stressed was that India has been initiating a multilateral legal framework for counter-terrorism.
01:57Unfortunately, a consensus has not emerged.
02:02So, we stressed upon all those whom we met that especially those countries whom we travel, those from the African continent and the Middle East,
02:14these countries who are partners of India should take a more further active initiative to see that this global legal framework,
02:29multilateral legal framework has to be approved at the earliest.
