India today lamented that the UN has been unable to define terrorism at a time when radical terror factories like Daesh and their surrogates like LeT are challenging the nation state and asked the national governments to make policies for sustaining peace.<br/><br/>Addressing the Foreign Ministers of G-20 countries in Bonn today, Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar said it is naive to believe that terrorists have no political objectives. Asserting that the UN was born as the answer to war, the minister said that responsibility has not diminished but to fight an enemy one must define an enemy.<br/><br/>Akbar's strong remarks come in the backdrop of the UN's Sanctions Committee failing to proscribe JeM chief and Pathankot mastermind Masood Azhar as a terrorist in view of China's strong opposition.<br/><br/>In December last, China finally blocked India's proposal to list Azhar as a designated terrorist by the UN, triggering a sharp reaction from New Delhi which termed it as "unfortunate blow" and a step that confirms prevalence of double standards in the fight against terrorism.<br/>'<br/>
News On AIR | February 18, 2017 12:35 AM
India laments United Nations has been unable to define terrorism