construct consensus; There isn’t any good terrorism and unhealthy terrorism, says Amit Shah at Interpol occasion

“Terrorism is a global problem. I firmly believe that nothing violates human rights more than terrorism. To combat cross-border terrorism, we need cross-border cooperation. Interpol is the best platform for this. But first all countries need to come to a consensus on the definition of terrorism. If this consensus is not reached, we will not be able to fight terrorism together. The resolve to jointly fight terrorism and the narrative of good terrorism and bad terrorism, and big terrorism and petty terrorism cannot go together,” Shah stated on the closing ceremony of the ninetieth General Assembly of the International Union of National Police Forces. ,

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Interpol President Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi in the course of the closing ceremony of the ninetieth General Assembly of Interpol, in New Delhi on Friday. (Express picture by Tashi Tobagyal)

The occasion, which started on 18 October, noticed the participation of 195 international locations and mentioned points associated to cooperation amongst member states in combating terrorism, monetary crimes, drug trafficking and little one sexual abuse. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session and urged Interpol to expedite the method of issuing Red Corner notices as “the corrupt and terrorists cannot be allowed to have safe havens”.

Shah stated the world additionally has to return to a consensus on the problem of spreading terrorism by means of cross-border on-line radicalisation. We can not see it by means of the prism of political ideology. Our combat towards terrorism will stay incomplete if we contemplate on-line radicalization as a political drawback. India is dedicated to preventing international terrorism with Interpol by means of technical inputs and manpower,” he stated.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah handed over the Interpol flag to Austrian Criminal Intelligence Service (CIS) Director Andreas Holzer on the concluding day of Interpol’s ninetieth General Assembly in New Delhi on Friday. (Express picture by Tashi Tobagyal)

Shah additionally advocated for counter-terrorism businesses the world over, which have a standard however separate, robust platform for sharing info. “It has been observed that in many countries the Interpol Nodal Agency and the Anti-Terrorism Agency are different. In such a situation, it becomes difficult to bring all the anti-terrorist agencies of the world on a single platform. I would suggest to Interpol that all the anti-terrorist agencies of the world should A mechanism should be set up for real-time information sharing between them. This will strengthen our fight against terrorism,” Shah stated.

The Interpol nodal company in India is the CBI, however the anti-terrorism company is the National Investigation Agency. While the latter features below the Ministry of Home Affairs, the previous is below the Prime Minister’s Office.

Shah additionally spoke concerning the problem of narco-terrorism and referred to as for better cooperation amongst international locations to take care of it.

“There should be a platform for intelligence and information sharing. Joint operations should be carried out on the basis of intelligence inputs. There should be regional cooperation on maritime security, mutual assistance on legal matters and a mechanism to combat money laundering. There should be real-time exchange of information between anti narcotics agencies in the world and a narco database should be established,” he stated. “India is committed to cooperating with Interpol to establish a dedicated center or conference and to launch a dedicated communication network for counter-terrorism and anti-narcotics agencies across the world.”

Shah additionally recommended that Interpol put together a plan for the subsequent 50 years primarily based on its expertise and achievements of the final 100 years.