Dubai, May 23 -- Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, leading a high-level all-party delegation, reiterated India's 'zero-tolerance' stance on terrorism and said that the country is one that retaliates with restraint.

The MP said that if required, India will take stern actions against terrorism and said that the message saying "terror and trade and water and blood cannot flow together" stands apt for times like these.

Addressing the press, Shrikant Shinde said, "Our message is very clear that we won't tolerate terrorism, and if times demand, we will take even stricter steps against terrorism. Terror and trade cannot go together, water and blood cannot flow together - this is an apt message. It is only when Pakistan stops terrorism that we can ...