Aiming to uproot terrorism from their soil, BRICS nations call upon States to prevent terror financing

Rio de Janeiro, July 27: Fight against terrorism is not only of a single country or two but it is of all the nations. So having a deep concern on terrorism, India along with other BRICS nations on Friday called on all states to prevent the financing of terrorist networks and terrorist actions from their territories. The five nations Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations during the meeting of the BRICS Foreign Ministers at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

 

The BRICS nations called for concerted efforts to fight terrorism under UN auspices on a firm international legal basis. India was represented by MoS for Road Transport and Highways VK Singh.

The five nations recognized the primary role of states and their competent bodies in preventing and countering terrorism. The ministers of these countries expressed their conviction that a comprehensive approach is necessary to ensure effective results against terrorism. It should include countering radicalisation, recruitment, travel of Foreign Terrorist Fighters, blocking sources and channels of terrorist financing including, for instance, through organised crime by means of money-laundering, supply of weapons, drug trafficking and other criminal activities, dismantling terrorist bases, and countering misuse of the Internet by terrorist entities through misuse of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

 

The Ministers reaffirmed the commitment to upholding and respecting international law and to an international system in which sovereign States cooperate to maintain peace and security, advance sustainable development and ensure the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.

The nations reiterated support for international and national efforts to achieve an "Afghan-led, Afghan-owned” peace and reconciliation process and to build a peaceful, secure, united, stable, prosperous and inclusive country that exists in harmony with its neighbors.