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Delhi: PM Modi To Address Global Meet On Terror Funding Today

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will deliver the inaugural address at the third โ€˜No Money for Terrorโ€™ (NMFT) Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing.

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will deliver the inaugural address at the third โ€˜No Money for Terrorโ€™ (NMFT) Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing.

In a statement, the Prime Ministerโ€™s office (PMO) said the conference will offer a unique platform for participating nations and organizations to deliberate on effectiveness of the current international regime on Counter Terrorism Financing as well as steps required to address emerging challenges.

The conference will build on the gains and learnings of the previous two conferences held in Paris in April 2018 and in Melbourne in November 2019.

It will also work towards enhancing global cooperation to deny finances to terrorists and access to permissive jurisdictions to operate.

โ€œIt will be attended by about 450 delegates from across the world, including Ministers, Heads of Multilateral organisations and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Heads of Delegations,โ€ the PMO said.

During the Conference, deliberations will be held in four sessions which will focus on โ€˜Global Trends in Terrorism and Terrorist Financingโ€™, โ€˜Use of Formal and Informal Channels of Funds for Terrorismโ€™, โ€˜Emerging Technologies and Terrorist Financingโ€™ and โ€˜International Co-operation to Address Challenges in Combating Terrorist Financingโ€™.

PM Modi will inaugurate the conference while Union Home Minister Amit Shah will conclude the event, conveying Indiaโ€™s determination in its fight against terrorism and its support systems for achieving success against it.

On Thursday, India said that confirmation from China is still awaited while Pakistan and Afghanistan are not participating in the international event.

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However, a total of 78 countries and multilateral organisations, including Ministers from 20 countries, have confirmed their presence at the two-day conference being organised on November 18 and November 19 here in the national capital.

โ€œA total of 78 countries and multilateral organisations are participating in the third edition of the โ€˜No Money For Terrorโ€™ Conference beginning from tomorrow (November 18),โ€ said Dinkar Gupta, Director General, National Investigation Agency (NIA), Indiaโ€™s anti-terror agency which works under the Ministry of Home Affairs, while speaking in a press briefing.

Asked about the presence of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the conference, the NIA Director General said, โ€œPakistan and Afghanistan are not participating in this conferenceโ€.

On a query over the presence of China in the international event on terror financing, Secretary West (MEA) Sanjay Verma said โ€œthe participation of China is not yet confirmedโ€.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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