Time for talks over: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: The Pulwama terror attack has shown that time for talks is over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Monday and said hesitation to take action against terrorism and those who support it is akin to encouraging the menace.

Without naming Pakistan, Modi, after holding delegation-level talks with Argentine President Mauricio Macri here, said the world should unite to take concrete action against terrorism and those who support it.

After the talks, the two sides signed 10 agreements in diverse areas like defence, nuclear energy, tourism, information and communication technology, and agriculture.

"I and President Macri agree with the view that terrorism is a serious danger to world's peace and stability. The cruel attack in Pulwama shows that the time for talks has passed.

"The brutal terrorist attack in Pulwama shows that the time for discussions is over now. Now, the whole world unitedly needs to take concrete steps against terrorism and its supporters. Hesitating to act against terrorists and their anti-humanitarian supporters is also equivalent to promoting terrorism," Modi said in a press statement in the presence of Marci .

As the G-20 countries, it is also important that we implement the 11-point agenda of the Hamburg Leaders' Statement on countering terrorism, Modi said.

Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir Pulwama district on Thursday.

Condoling the death of the CRPF personnel, Macri, who arrived in India on Sunday, said India and Argentina must work together to fight the menace of terrorism.

The two sides also released a Special declaration to fight terrorism.

Referring to the defence cooperation agreement signed between the two nations, Modi said this will give new a dimension to bilateral ties.