The impact of conflicts and terrorism is not limited to the immediate geography in today's globalized world, India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar opined, addressing an event in New Delhi on Sunday.
The Indian minister said the ripple effect of what is going on in the Middle East is still not entirely clear. The consequences of various conflicts spread far beyond immediate geography.
“In different regions, there are smaller happenings whose impact is not inconsequential”, he was quoted as saying in reports.
"I am speaking about terrorism which has long been honed and practised as a tool of statecraft. The basic takeaway for all of us is that given the seamlessness of our existence, any expectation that conflicts and terrorism can be contained in their impact is no longer tenable", Jaishankar said.
“A big part of this is clearly economic, but do not underestimate the danger of metastasis when it comes to radicalism and extremism”, he added.