India seeks firm commitment to fight ’scourge of terrorism’

September 27th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - India has asked the world community to urgently help bring to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, saying it is their collective responsibility and duty to fight the "malignant menace" of terrorism. "The barbaric terrorist attack on the innocent people of Mumbai on Nov 26, 2008 reminds us of the daily and malignant menace that terrorism poses to all countries," External Affairs Minister S.M.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Without naming Pakistan, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday that while India sympathised with its people for suffering from terrorism, it was also the responsibility of its rulers to deal with the scourge.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she chose to stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai last weekend to make it very clear that India and the US "are going to work together to stamp out the scourge of terrorism". "I wanted to start in Mumbai and I wanted to stay here, and I wanted to show our sympathy and solidarity for the people who lost their lives and were injured in the terrorist attack and for those who courageously prevented more deaths and injury," Clinton said in an interview with Fox News recorded in Mumbai.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after describing Pakistan as the home of a global syndicate of terrorism, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said she has seen real commitment by the Pakistan government to fight terrorism and underlined that Islamabad deserved support. "I have seen a real commitment by the Pakistan government in fighting terrorism," Clinton said while interacting with students at Delhi University.

July 19th, 2009 GURGAON - Warning of the threat of a global terrorist syndicate comprising Al Qaeda and the Taliban, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday hoped Pakistan will take action against the 26/11 Mumbai attackers as she noted Islamabad's evolving commitment to fight terrorism. We expect every nation to take action against terrorism.

July 13th, 2009 Sharm el-SHEIKH/NEW DELHI - Underlining its commitment to renewing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), India Monday asked the NAM countries to unequivocally condemn terrorism and called for greater solidarity among developing countries to counter the global financial meltdown. Nowhere is international solidarity for peace and development more relevant than in combating terrorism.

June 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has acceded to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, an official said. "With the accession to this convention, Pakistan is now party to 11 international conventions against terrorism.

May 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has alerted the Pakistan Government to "absolutely stop" cross border terrorism in India, US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has said. "It is important for Pakistan to stop the groups that carry out terrorism in India, absolutely," The Dawn quoted Boucher, as saying.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Replying to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) criticism, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday said her party does not need a certificate from anyone about its commitment to fight terrorism. 'The Congress is the only party which has sought votes on the basis of its policies and programmes it has implemented - not like other parties, which ask for votes by spreading rumours all around and discriminate among people,' Gandhi told a rally here at the Ramlila Maidan which was draped in the tri-colour of Congress flag.

April 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Britain and Pakistan on Monday expressed a firm resolve to jointly fight against terrorism. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani addressing a joint press conference along with his British counterpart Gordon Brown, said Pakistani is united in the battle against terrorism.

April 24th, 2009 WARSAW - India and Poland have renewed their commitment and determination to fight the menace of terrorism. In a statement issued here on the second day of her three-day visit to Poland, India's President Pratibha Devisingh Patil said that during her meeting with Polish President Lech Kaczyuski, both agreed that their countries had suffered at the hands of the Taliban and al Qaeda.

April 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Congress-led central government's policy on terrorism was 'deeply flawed', Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani said here Wednesday while expressing 'shock' at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement about India and Pakistan jointly fighting terrorism.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing sympathies over the terror attack on a Pakistani police academy, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday that both countries should jointly take on terrorists. 'I have always said that India and Pakistan have to face jointly the scourge of terrorism,' he told reporters on the sidelines of the civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's ruling Congress Tuesday underlined its commitment to an independent foreign policy and claimed that it was the only party that could deal with terrorism 'decisively and squarely' without weakening the social fabric. Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'muscular' foreign policy, the Congress also claimed that its United Progressive Alliance government mounted a forceful diplomatic campaign that led to Pakistan admitting for the first time that Pakistani citizens were responsible for the Nov 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks.

December 27th, 2008 KOLKATA - India should go to the United Nations (UN) to build 'maximum international pressure on Pakistan' to combat the terrorism issue, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury said Sunday. 'I think India should mobilise maximum international pressure on Pakistan to combat terrorism.