We must be prepared to extract costs for those who sponsor and support terrorists, who provide them sanctuary, said Swaraj. On deliberations at the BRICS, Swaraj said while the economic engagement and political cooperation remained key factors, there was a sharp realisation that global development and prosperity was very much dependent on continued peace and security. "BRICS has always been global in its approach and today, there is no bigger global challenge than state-sponsored and state-protected terrorism," she said. Swaraj said members of BIMSTEC- Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand represented the "polar opposite" of a terrorism "promoting polity". On India's chairmanship of BRICS, Swaraj said "we took the BRICS outside the conference room and endeavoured to instill it in popular thinking."

Source: dna October 18, 2016 09:11 UTC