Sushma Swaraj says terrorism is a truly global challenge

New Delhi: Amid criticism that India failed to obtain consensus on reference to cross-border terrorism in BRICS declaration, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said threat of terror featured strongly in the narrative of the Summit and there was a growing recognition that it has become a truly global challenge.

Two days after the BRICS Summit in Goa where India’s forcefully highlighted terror emanating from Pakistan, she said there was no bigger global challenge than “state- sponsored” and “state-protected terrorism, asserting those supporting terror networks must be made to pay the cost.