Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges greetings with Australian PM Anthony Albanese throughout a joint press assertion, on the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on Friday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on March 10 vowed to work intently to take concerted motion in opposition to globally proscribed terrorist entities and to contribute to the frequent combat in opposition to terrorism, together with by means of combating terror financing.
Ways to take care of world terrorism figured prominently throughout wide-ranging talks between the 2 Prime Ministers on the first annual India-Australia Summit.
A joint assertion stated Mr. Modi and Mr. Albanese strongly condemned terrorism in all its types and emphasised the necessity for strengthened worldwide cooperation to combat terrorism in a complete and sustained method.
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They additionally underlined the necessity for motion in opposition to those that encourage, help and finance terrorism or present sanctuary to terrorists and terror teams, no matter their motivation could also be.
“They called upon all countries to work together to root out terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, disrupt terrorist networks and their financing channels and halt use of terrorist proxies and cross-border movement of terrorists,” the joint assertion stated.
It stated the 2 Prime Ministers reiterated their condemnation of terrorist assaults in India and Australia, together with the Mumbai and Pathankot assaults.
The reference to cross-border motion of terrorists got here within the backdrop of Pakistan’s help to cross-border terrorism in opposition to India.
“The Prime Ministers emphasised the importance of perpetrators of terrorist attacks being systematically and expeditiously brought to justice,” the assertion stated.
It stated Mr. Modi and Mr. Albanese agreed to work together to take “concerted action against globally proscribed terrorist entities and individuals, and closely work together in the common fight against global terrorism, including through combating the financing of terrorism, monitoring and preventing illicit financial flows, money laundering and hawala (and) sharing intelligence”.
“The Prime Ministers reiterated the urgent need for all countries to take immediate, sustained, verifiable and irreversible action to ensure that no territory under their control is used for terrorist attacks, and to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of such attacks,” it stated.
“They expressed their commitment for working together to promote accountability for the perpetrators of such terrorist attacks, including through designations by the UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee. They emphasised the need to bring perpetrators of terrorism to justice,” it added.
The joint assertion stated Prime Minister Albanese counseled India’s internet hosting of the Special Session of the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in Mumbai and Delhi in October final 12 months throughout which all Council members collectively paid homage to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults.
“Prime Minister Albanese also acknowledged the adoption of the ‘Delhi Declaration on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes’ at the special session of the CTC of the UNSC,” it stated.
