Need to shun double standards, hold accountable sponsors of terror: NSA Ajit Doval at SCO meet

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New Delhi:National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday asked member states of the China-ledShanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)to shed its double standards and hold accountable those who were sponsors, financiers and facilitators of terrorism...

Doval made the comments while strongly condemning the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in Moscow on 22 March that killed more than 130 people.The Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attack...

Speaking at the NSAs/Secretaries of the Security Councils of SCO member states hosted by Kazakhstan, Doval conveyed to his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev that India was with his government and the Russian people in addressing the threat from terrorism in all forms and manifestations...

Doval raised the issue of continued threat posed by various terror groups in the SCO region, including those designated by the UNSC, including al Qaeda and its affiliates, the IS, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammad...

Doval conveyed that SCOs immediate priorities in Afghanistan included providing humanitarian assistance, ensuring formation of a truly inclusive and representative government, combating terrorism and drug-trafficking, and preserving the rights of women, children and minorities...

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