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A day after meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing and stressing need to counter terrorism in all its form, NSA Ajit Doval on Tuesday called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers of cross border terror to account. The call is widely seen as a demand to act against Pakistan-backed terrorism.

In his address at a meeting of the top security officials of the SCO, NSA Doval said that India is "deeply concerned" about the persistent threats from the UN-proscribed terror organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Al Qaeda, ISIS, and their affiliates.

NSA highlighted India's Operation Sindoor's importance and necessity, stating that it was launched to dismantle terror infrastructure and deter terrorists from carrying out attacks in India following the cowardly Pahalgam terror strike.

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He said that in response to the attack in Pahalgam, which the LeT proxy TRF carried out, killing 26 Indian and Nepalese nationals and injuring several others after asking their religion, India launched Operation Sindoor to dismantle terror infrastructure. Doval said India's actions were "measured and non-escalatory".

Need to shun double standards, take decisive action, says Doval

NSA also ceased the moment to slam China indirectly while sitting in Beijing by calling out its double standard. The NSA highlighted the need to "shun double standards" in the fight against terrorism and take decisive actions against UN proscribed terrorists and entities like LeT, JeM, and their proxies.

The NSA categorically called for dismantling the terror infrastructure of these groups and their terror eco-systems. He reiterated that any act of terror, including cross-border terrorism, is a crime against humanity.

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He called on other SCO members to hold, organisers, perpetrators, financiers, and sponsors of acts of cross-border terror accountable and to help bring them to justice.

During his address to the SCO top officials conclave, NSA Doval also pitched for a "joint information operation" to counter terrorism, separatism, and extremism.

(With PTI Inputs)