NEW DELHI: In an obvious reference to Pakistan, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi today said a particular country in South Asia has accepted terrorism as an instrument of its state policy and is not playing the role of a responsible nation.
“One thing that strikes us about South Asia is that the incidents of terrorism here are perhaps higher than any other parts in the world, next only to Syria and Iraq. It is of course a deep cause of worry – something we should think about,” he said at the ‘Counter Terrorism Conference 2017’ here.
Without naming Pakistan, Mehrishi said a country sees terrorism as an instrument of its state policy or politics.
“Unfortunately, we have a situation where one state in South Asia in particular has not been a very responsible state in that sense, and therefore we have seen a lot of terrorism that emanates from that country as almost a routine and part of its politics, geopolitics in international relations,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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