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January 17 : India remains committed in pursuing a zero tolerance approach to terrorism, the Ministry of External Affairs asserted on Tuesday in response to listing of Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki – the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed- as a global terrorist by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

India remains committed in pursuing a zero tolerance approach to terrorism, the Ministry of External Affairs asserted on Tuesday in response to listing of Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki – the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed- as a global terrorist by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

“We will continue to press the international community in taking credible, verifiable and irreversible action against terrorism,” Bagchi said on Tuesday.

In a statement on the move, the UN had highlighted: “On 16 January 2023, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities approved the addition of the entry specified below to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.”