NEW DELHI: In a boost for India’s efforts to foster regional cooperation on the issue of counter-terrorism, Bimstec countries on Friday came together to deplore terrorism in all its forms and manifestations stressing there can be no justification for any act of terrorism.The 4th Bimstec declaration affirmed that the fight against terrorism should target not only terrorists, terror organisations and networks but also identify and hold accountable States and non-State entities that encourage, support or finance terrorism, provide sanctuaries to terrorists and terror groups and falsely extol their virtues.The need to hold countries accountable for falsely extolling terror group virtues was first mentioned by the Bimstec leaders after their meeting in Goa in 2017.It reiterated “our strong commitment to combat terrorism and call upon all countries to devise a comprehensive approach in this regard which should include preventing financing of terrorists and terrorist actions from territories under their control, blocking recruitment and cross-border movement of terrorists, countering radicalisation and dismantling terrorist safe havens ’’.