Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that terrorism is a principal global challenge and extracts a deadly price from regions in conflict to the streets of distant cities.
He said the old structures of terrorism remain and there are countries that still use it as an instrument of state policy.
Addressing the leaders who have assemble for the G-20 summit here, Modi said the changing character of terrorism is seen with global links, franchise relations, home-grown terrorism and use of cyber space for recruitment and propaganda.
There is a new level of threat to pluralist and open societies and the territory of recruitment and the target of attacks is the same – society, he said.
“Our global framework for security is defined for another era and for other security challenges. We don’t have a comprehensive global strategy to combat terrorism. And, we tend to be selective in using the instruments that we have,” the Indian Prime Minister said adding that more important is that how we respond to the threat.
Modi urged the world community to speak in one voice and act in unison against terrorism, without any political considerations and not make any distinction between terrorist groups or discrimination between states.
