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Defence Minister Parrikar calls on global community to take action against terrorism

by India Blooms News Service 06 Mar 2017, 11:11 am

New Delhi, Mar 6 (IBNS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said terrorism remains a pervasive and serious challenge to global security and called for action against it while inaugurating the two-day 19th Asian Security Conference which began in New Delhi on Monday.

The theme for the 19th Conference is 'Combatting Terrorism: Evolving an Asian Response'.
 
Mhd. Hanif Atmar, National Security Advisor, Afghanistan delivered the keynote address.
 
Some of the key issues that will be deliberated upon at the Conference are: Norms & The Global War on Terror : Challenges for Asia;  New Wave of Global Terror : Ideas, Resources and Trends; The Age of ‘Instant Terror’: Technology, the Game Changer, etc.
 
The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, has been organising the conference since 1999.