Discipline recalcitrant states sponsoring terror: India

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) Drawing a parallel between the
Mumbai attack and 9/11 strikes in the US, India Wednesday said
it was high time the world community disciplined "recalcitrant" states which allows the use of its territory for terror activities, an apparent reference to Pakistan.

"If a state apparatus sponsors terrorism as an act of
state policy, or a recalcitrant state refuses to recognise its
international commitments and responsibilities on not allowing
the use of (its) territory for terror activities, the problem
becomes more complex and difficult," India's External Affairs
Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.

"It is high time for the international community to
recognise that such recalcitrant states must be brought to
discipline by resorting to various international mechanisms,"
he added.

Mukherjee made these remarks while delivering the
keynote address at the inaugural edition of 'The Delhi
Dialogue' between India and ASEAN countries.

"Terrorism is not just the act of misguided
individuals or a small group. Since 9/11, the magnitude,
depth, audacity of terror acts, as once again manifested in
Mumbai attacks, demonstrate that this is no longer a problem
of a state or of a region but of the whole world," he said.

The External Minister said the recent Mumbai carnage
had shown that both India and ASEAN will need to resolutely
rebuff such evil attempts that strike the civilisational roots
of the region.

"Our growing economic and political links will send a
message that the terrorists' designs will have to be defeated
not just by India but by the international community as a
whole," Mukherjee said.