United Nations, Nov 11 (PTI) India has suffered from cross-border terrorism carried out using illicit weapons trafficked across its borders, New Delhi’s envoy at the UN has said, in a thinly-veiled reference to Pakistan.

India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish stressed on Monday that the UN Security Council must have a zero-tolerance approach towards those who facilitate and sponsor the use and movement of such weapons.

“India has fought the scourge of terrorism for several decades and is therefore aware of the dangers posed by the diversion and illicit transfer of small arms and ammunition to armed non-State actors and terrorist groups,” Harish said Monday at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Small Arms.

Harish’s remarks in the UN headquarters cam

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