Ready for bilateral talks with Pakistan, but without shadow of terror: Modi
29 Sept 2014 4:45 AM IST
Modi also said, ‘It is up to Pakistan to create the right atmosphere and come forward for bilateral talks.’
Raising them in the United Nations was not ‘the way to make progress towards resolving issues between our two countries,’ Modi said in an apparent reference to Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s mention of Kashmir and the two neighbours’ stalled dialogue in his speech at the same global forum yesterday.
The prime minister dwelt at length on the threat of terror globally, saying, ‘Terrorism is taking a new shape and new name. No country, big or small, in the north or the south, east or west, is free from its threat.’ He also said that many nations were harbouring terrorists.
In his 32-minute speech to the audience of almost 200 world leaders in New York, Modi also made a strong pitch for multilateralism, saying no one country can dictate to the world. ‘We need to respond to the demands of our times,’ he said. He coined the term G-all, saying, ‘Why is it that despite having a wonderful platform like the UN, we have had to have various G platforms? The names of groupings keep changing - G-5, G-7, G-20 and so on...but what we need is a G-All the most. We need to think how to create a G-all atmosphere when the UN is about to celebrate its 70 years.’
Raising them in the United Nations was not ‘the way to make progress towards resolving issues between our two countries,’ Modi said in an apparent reference to Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s mention of Kashmir and the two neighbours’ stalled dialogue in his speech at the same global forum yesterday.
The prime minister dwelt at length on the threat of terror globally, saying, ‘Terrorism is taking a new shape and new name. No country, big or small, in the north or the south, east or west, is free from its threat.’ He also said that many nations were harbouring terrorists.
In his 32-minute speech to the audience of almost 200 world leaders in New York, Modi also made a strong pitch for multilateralism, saying no one country can dictate to the world. ‘We need to respond to the demands of our times,’ he said. He coined the term G-all, saying, ‘Why is it that despite having a wonderful platform like the UN, we have had to have various G platforms? The names of groupings keep changing - G-5, G-7, G-20 and so on...but what we need is a G-All the most. We need to think how to create a G-all atmosphere when the UN is about to celebrate its 70 years.’
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