Venkaiah Naidu in Sierra Leone: 'Isolate countries aiding terrorism'

Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu during his visit to Sierra Leone addressed the media. During the course of his press statement, the Vice President also spoke about cross-border terrorism. Naidu termed terrorism as one of the crucial challenges that confront the world. Naidu also called for isolating countries that continue to aid terrorism. 

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Venkaiah Naidu on terrorism 

"Terrorism is one of the major challenges confronting the world today. All the nations must intensify their collective efforts and strive to eliminate the menace of terrorism and also isolate nations which aid and abet terrorism. India has borne the brunt of cross border terrorism over decades," the Vice President said in a press statement.

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Vice President's remarks come after his official delegation-level talks with President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio. 

Naidu also thanked President Bio for Sierra Leone's support to India's candidatures in various International organizations, also called for reform in UNSC and said, "We agreed that both sides need to continue pushing for these reforms"

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Apart from this, Venkaiah Naidu also expressed his happiness after Sierra Leone joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in order to enable rapid deployment of solar energy globally and to facilitate the transfer of technology. 

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(With ANI Inputs)