New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday known as upon his British counterpart Sir Tim Barrow to take sturdy public motion equivalent to deportation towards extremist parts threatening officers of the Indian High Commission within the UK, official sources stated. Doval raised the problem throughout his wide-ranging talks with Barrow, who’s presently on a go to to India.
The two NSAs held one-on-one talks that had been adopted by delegation-level strategic dialogue. Pro-Khalistan teams have issued posters inciting violence towards senior Indian diplomats within the UK in addition to within the US, Canada and Australia, triggering issues in New Delhi. India has already requested all these international locations to make sure the security and safety of Indian diplomats and their missions.
In the talks, which lined a broad bilateral, regional and world agenda, the 2 sides additionally agreed to work intently to counter-terrorism and deepen mutually useful collaboration in important and rising applied sciences.
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“The Indian side raised the issue of the extremist elements in the UK threatening individual officers of the Indian High Commission and urged the UK government to take strong public action against these elements such as deportation or legal prosecution,” stated a supply.
The two sides agreed to reinforce cooperation to handle violent extremism and radicalism as there will be no justification for violent extremism and radicalisation in a democracy, the sources stated.
Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson within the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), stated on Thursday that the security of the Indian diplomats and safety of the Indian missions is of utmost precedence to the federal government and New Delhi has taken it up with involved international locations.
In the identify of freedom of expression, house shouldn’t be given to these advocating violence or legitimising terrorism, Bagchi stated in a message to the international locations which are witnessing rising actions by the Khalistani teams.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Thursday stated that any direct assaults on the High Commission of India in London are “completely unacceptable”. On Doval-Barrow talks, the sources stated either side agreed to deepen counter-terrorism and terror financing.
The two NSAs additionally resolved to develop mutually useful bilateral collaboration in important and rising applied sciences. “Both the sides agreed to work closely on counter-terrorism, counter-terror financing, use of the internet for terrorism purposes, illicit drug trafficking and counter-radicalisation,” stated the supply.
“The two sides agreed to deepen mutually beneficial collaboration in critical and emerging technologies,” it added. In the delegation-level talks, each international locations reaffirmed their shut strategic partnership and agreed to accord most precedence to additional improve the safety linkages.
