Lok Sabha Question No. 196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-16
Subject: Cross Border Terrarism
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, Shrirang Appa Barne, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, ASHWINI KUMAR, DHARMENDRA YADAV, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.11.2016

## CROSS BORDER TERRORISM

## 196.   DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSH SINGH CHANDEL:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)       whether the Government is taking steps to wage a sustained diplomatic campaign to name terror sponsoring State;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)       the details of the steps taken by the Government to isolate Pakistan at international level?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI M. J. AKBAR)

(a) to (c) In  view  of  escalation  of  acts  of  cross  border  terrorism from  Pakistan  in  the  recent  months,  the  Government  undertook active diplomatic efforts to highlight the involvement of Pakistan in terrorism  directed  against  India.  After  the  Uri  terrorist  attack  on September  18,  2016,  India's  diplomatic  missions  in  key  countries were instructed to convey to their host governments at a suitably high  level  that  the  persistence  of  Pakistan  in  glorifying  anti-India terrorists  and  supporting  cross  border  terrorism  against  India  had not  merely  resulted  in  an  escalating  series  of  terrorist  attacks  in India  attributable  to  Pakistan,  such  as  in  Poonch  (September  11,

2016) and Uri, but also endangered peace and stability in the entire region.  As  a  result,  several  important  countries  issued  statements also specifically mentioned that Pakistan should take effective steps to supporting India's decisive action against terrorism and stop the activities of terrorist groups in its territories.

Prime  Minister  categorically  stated  at  G-20  Summit  at Hangzhou  on  September  4,  2016  that  'one  single  nation  in  South Asia  is  spreading  agents  of  terror  in  our  region'.  This  was  also stressed  by  Prime  Minister  during  the  11 th   East  Asia  Summit  and during the 14th ASEAN-India Summit held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on September 8, 2016, as well as during the recently concluded BRICS Summit in Goa on October 16, 2016. External Affairs Minister, in her address  at  UN  General  Assembly  on  26  September  2016,  had exposed the complicity of Pakistan in promoting cross border terror and emphasized its denial when confronted with evidence.

Several SAARC countries, separately but on the same day, conveyed to the current SAARC Chair Nepal on September 27, 2016 that the environment in region because of terrorism emanating from one country is not conducive to the holding of Summit in November 2016. India's counter terrorism action on September 29, 2016 across Line  of  Control  was  also  projected  adequately  to  international community,  inter  alia,  through  a  briefing  by  Foreign  Secretary  to several diplomatic missions in New Delhi on the same day. Members of  international  community  once  again  expressed  their  support  for fighting terrorism effectively and without discrimination.

The Government continues to pursue imposition and strict monitoring  of  1267  regime  on  various  Pakistan-based  individuals such  as  Hafiz  Saeed  and  Zaki-ur  Rahman  Lakhvi  and  terrorist organizations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba/Jamaat-ud-Dawaa and Jaishe-Mohammad, directing their activities against India.

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