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India connected Monday (December 1, 2025) pitched for a planetary mechanics to cheque immoderate imaginable misuse of biologic weapons successful presumption of the uncertain planetary information environment.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said "misuse" of biologic weapons by non-State actors is nary longer a distant anticipation and planetary practice is needed to combat specified a challenge.
Mr. Jaishankar was speaking astatine a league connected 50 years of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Attended the league connected '50 Years of the Biological Weapons Convention: Strengthening Bio-security for the Global South', successful New Delhi today.
Spoke to experts and representatives from 80+ countries astir modernising the Convention, the captious relation of India and the Global… pic.twitter.com/1ALbaAl63N
"Bioterrorism is simply a superior interest that the planetary assemblage has to beryllium adequately prepared for. Yet the BWC inactive lacks basal organization structures," helium said. "It has nary compliance system, it has nary imperishable method assemblage and nary mechanics to way caller technological developments. These gaps indispensable beryllium bridged successful bid to fortify confidence," Mr. Jaishankar added.
India, Mr. Jaishankar said, has consistently called for stronger compliance measures wrong BWC, including verification designed for today's world. "India supports planetary practice and assistance enabling speech of materials and instrumentality for peaceful use," Mr. Jaishankar said.
"We person further called for systematic reappraisal of technological and technological developments truthful that Governance does so support gait with innovation," helium added.
