BRICS can work to list terrorists outfits under the UN counter-terrorism sanctions regime: NSA Doval
FirstpostChina has repeatedly blocked the moves at the United Nations Security Council to designate Lashkar-e-Taiba and other Pakistan-based operatives as international terrorists. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday said the BRICS group could work together on listing terrorists and their proxies under the UN counter-terrorism sanctions regime and underlined that the process should be free from politics and double standards. During the meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors, China’s representative was Wang Yi, a member of the ruling Communist Party of China Political Bureau and Director of the Office of the CPC Foreign Affairs Commission, who was also reappointed as China’s Foreign Minister on the same day. At the 13th BRICS NSAs meeting, Doval said that terrorism remains one of the key threats to national peace and security. He said non-traditional challenges of food, water, and energy security are witnessing stress and the inclusion of these topics by South Africa in the BRICS NSA’s Meeting reflects a clear understanding of the broader dimensions of security.