Peace at borders must for development, harmony, says Pranab Mukherjee

Mukherjee, who is on a three-day visit to Turkey, also emphasised on the absence of good governance as the root cause of many of the serious deficiencies in societies.

He identified good governance to be the essential, the most basic philosophy with the rule of law and justice being the most important tenets of good governance.  

Mukherjee said, “It (absence of good governance) robs the citizenry of their security, and of their social and economic rights, ironically established for their welfare and collective good. Good governance is critically dependent on the existence of some fundamental pre-requisites.”