India, Oct. 20 -- India on Tuesday said that there can be "no justification" for terrorism and "no double standards" in addressing the menace, as it called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member States to make concerted efforts to "dismantle" the entire "ecosystem of terrorism."

Addressing the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the SCO in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also said that terrorism radicalises societies and deprives youth of the opportunities they deserve.

"There can be no justification for terrorism, no double standards in addressing it, and no place for those who finance, support, or provide safe havens to terrorists," Singh told the gathering, which in...