NEW DELHI: Calling terrorism as “the mother of all disruptions today”, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said terrorism was also actively utilized as an instrument of statecraft but that time has passed.
She said there there was a time when it was seen as other people’s problem or a law and order situation. Now, she cautioned, challenge is greater with coming in of radicalization. She strongly favoured a zero-tolerance approach to terrorism.
“We are all now very clear that terrorism anywhere can threaten societies everywhere. The challenge is even more serious in a digital age, with greater propensity to radicalization. However, there are still old assumptions and established mindsets in this regard. Partly because of the 9/11 precedent, we associate terrorism with ungoverned spaces,” Swaraj said. (AGENCIES)
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