IN A VEILED attack on Pakistan, India said that no country can escape its responsibility by blaming non-state actors for terrorist activities emanating from its soil.
As long as the territory of a country is used by non-state actors to prepare for terror attacks, that country owes a legal and moral responsibility to its neighbours and to the world to suppress those non-state actors and bring them to justice, India's Home Minister P Chidambaram said.
"Sometimes, I think that the distinction between state actors and non-state actors is misplaced and intended to misdirect our efforts to deal with terrorist groups at the very source – the recruitment centres, training camps and their safe havens and sanctuaries," he said addressing the 4th meeting of the SAARC Interior/ Home Ministers here.
Describing terrorism as the biggest existentialist challenge in South Asia, Chidambaram said the menace in the region can be best tackled through effective cooperation among the SAARC nations.
"We have no alternative but to deploy the best instruments and resources at our disposal in our fight against terrorism," he said.
The Home Minister emphasised the need for examining the existing mechanisms for countering terrorism, drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, arms smuggling and counterfeiting including organised production and distribution of fake Indian currency notes.
