Vice President Ansari : Terrorism is pandemic and affects every country

Vice President Ansari : Terrorism is pandemic and affects every country

Vice President Hamid Ansari today described terrorism as "pandemic" and said it affected every country and society.     

Every nation faced the problem of terrorism to a "greater or lesser" degree, Ansari told the media as he wound up a visit to Armenia and Poland.     

"But some countries come up with legal technicalities in defining terrorism as an excuse to try to avoid committing themselves (to fighting terrorism)," he said aboard Air India One Special Aircraft on his way back to India.     

Replying to a question on adopting the India-led Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT), he referred to the time when he was the permanent representative of India to UN, and India had introduced a proposal on CCIT.