India desires peaceful, friendly relations with Pakistan : Naidu

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New Delhi : The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu has said that India desires peaceful, friendly and cooperative relations with Pakistan and stressed that Pakistan must give up support to cross-border terrorism. He was interacting with the King of Jordan Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein here on March 1, 2018.

The Vice President said that he was very much impressed by insightful thought provoking and constructive speech of the King of Jordan at a conference on ‘Islamic Heritage: Promoting Understanding & Moderation’, on March 1 at Vigyan Bhawan. He thanked the King for his comments – “Global fight against terror is not a war against any religion, it is a war against hate and violence. Humanity unites all religions and ideologies of hate distort the word of God to stir conflict. We need to spread message of peace and love.”

The Vice President said that India demands a UN Resolution on India’s initiative for Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. He said that India’s policy on Palestine is independent and consistent and India is committed to be a useful development partner. India supports comprehensive political solution in Syria taking the aspirations of the Syrian people, he added, according to a PIB release.

The Vice President said that India is moving ahead with the Prime Minister’s slogan of Reform, Perform & Transform. He said that programmes like GST, Make-in-India, Digital India, Smart Cities, Start-up India, etc are bringing strategic shift in India’s economic progress.