India, Australia discuss ways to combat terrorism

India and Australia have strongly condemned terrorism in all its kinds together with using cross border terrorist proxies and emphasised the necessity for strengthening international cooperation to take care of the problem in a complete method.

The 2 sides mentioned methods to fight terrorism on the thirteenth assembly of the India-Australia joint working group on counter-terrorism that came about in Canberra on Wednesday.

A joint press assertion stated India welcomed Australia’s participation within the proposed ‘No Cash for Terror Convention’ in New Delhi, scheduled for later this 12 months.

India is holding the convention as a part of its efforts to rally assist to unitedly battle terrorism.

The assertion stated Australia reiterated its condemnation of terrorist assaults in India, together with the 26/11 Mumbai, Pathankot and Pulwama assaults, and prolonged its assist for the individuals and the federal government of India within the international battle in opposition to terrorism.

Within the assembly, either side underlined their dedication to coordinate and collaborate on tackling terrorism in step with the India-Australia Complete Strategic Partnership.

“India and Australia strongly condemned terrorism in all its kinds and manifestations and emphasised the necessity for strengthening worldwide cooperation to fight terrorism in a complete and sustained method,” stated the joint press assertion.

It stated either side condemned using terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism, seen as a reference to Pakistan.

“India and Australia underlined the pressing want for all international locations to take fast, sustained, verifiable and irreversible motion to make sure that no territory beneath their management is used for terrorist assaults and to expeditiously deliver to justice the perpetrators of such assaults,” it stated.

“Australia reiterated its condemnation of terrorist assaults in India, together with 26/11 Mumbai, Pathankot and Pulwama assaults, and reiterated its assist for the individuals and the federal government of India within the international battle in opposition to terrorism,” the assertion stated.

The 2 sides exchanged views on varied areas of cooperation within the sphere of counter-terrorism, together with countering radicalisation and violent extremism, combating the financing of terrorism, the “proscription of terrorist people and entities as a device to fight terrorism”.

It stated the 2 sides additionally mentioned counter-terrorism cooperation in multilateral fora such because the UN, G20 and FATF (Monetary Motion Process Pressure) and IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Affiliation) in addition to with Quad companions.

“Australia regarded ahead to internet hosting India on the subsequent Quad Counter-Terrorism Tabletop Train in October 2022, whereas India welcomed Australia’s participation within the proposed No Cash for Terror Convention in New Delhi, scheduled for later in 2022,” the assertion stated.

Additionally they deliberated on methods to stop the exploitation of the web for terrorism and agreed on info sharing and capability constructing.

“Either side reaffirmed their dedication to work carefully collectively to reply to these challenges and mentioned methods to deepen engagement between their respective counterpart companies to additional advance interplay, cooperation and knowledge sharing within the sphere of counter-terrorism,” the assertion stated.