Nothing like good or bad terrorism; Serbia backs India on fight against terror: Serbian FM

Delhi | Monday | 20th September, 2021

Summary:

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic on Monday said there is nothing like good or bad terrorism and that his country supports India"s position on the fight against terror.

Speaking on India-Serbia relations at the Indian Council of World Affairs, he said both countries were focused on taking their bilateral ties to a higher level.

His remarks come a day after he held wide-ranging deliberations with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who said that during the talks they agreed to take forward the long-standing cooperation between the two countries, especially on the economic side.

Selakovic said he had excellent meetings in India that were focused on upgrading the bilateral relationship.

"We (Serbia) are also respecting and supporting your positions in the fight against terrorism in which we cannot say one terrorism is good and another terrorism is bad, no, terrorism is the same, it is bad and it is something we have to fight against," the Serbian foreign minister asserted.

He said India and Serbia share common goals and values and many of them are the ones around which the non-aligned countries had gathered.