Indian PM Modi in Brussels: Top 10 quotes

THE TIMES OF INDIA

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PrimeMinisterNarendraModiaddressedtheIndiancommunityinBrusselsonWednesday.Belowarethetoptenquotesfromhisspeech:

1.Havealwaysbelievedtalkssolveissues.Butthereareneighbourswhodon'tunderstandthis,butcan'tchangeneighbours.

2.Wealsoworkforbenefitofthosewhodon'tvoteforus.Wedon'tbelieveinvotebankpolitics.

3.Don'tknowwhentheUNwilltackleterrorism,orhow.Butseeingtheconditionsthatprevail,itfacesthedangerofbecomingirrelevant.Itneedstogoalongwiththetimes.

4.WemanagedtoresolvetheLandBoundaryAgreementwithBangladeshwhichhadbeenpendingfordecades.

5.Somanynationshavesufferedduetoterrorism.Terrorismisnotachallengetoanation,it'sachallengetohumanity.

6.Indiahasbeenbattlingterrorismforfourdecades.Buttherestoftheworldrecognizedthedangeronlyafter9/11.

7.Terrorismcan'tbedealtwithbombsandguns.Aconduciveenvironmentinsocietyneedstobecreated.

8.Thereisnoquestionofbendinginfrontofterrorism.

9.Terrorismmustbedelinkedfromreligion.Noreligionteachesterrorism.

10.Atatimewhentheworldeconomyisnotdoingsowell,itisgenerallyagreedthatIndiaisarayofhope.

(THETIMESOFINDIA)