External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that terrorism continues to be a “persistent threat” to development and must not be tolerated or accepted in any form. He was speaking at the Second G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New York on Thursday where he urged countries to stand united against terrorism.

“A persistent threat to development is that perennial disruptor of peace – terrorism . It is imperative that the world display neither tolerance nor accommodation to terrorist activities. Given the extensive networking amongst terrorists, those who act against them on any front actually render a larger service to the international community as a whole,” Jaishankar said without poiting out Pakistan.

The Minister also underlined the failures of current global institutions

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