India expressed gratitude for Australia’s support on a listing of JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist

News Bharati    04-May-2019
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Canberra, May 4: India and Australia held the 11th Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism at Canberra on Thursday. India thanked Australia for its support on a listing of JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN as the two countries discussed ways to enhance counter-terror cooperation. India thanked Australia for co-sponsoring the listing proposal of Masood Azhar along with US, UK, France and other friendly countries.


They discussed contemporary counterterrorism challenges such as financing of terrorism, the use of the internet for terror purposes, radicalization and Foreign Terrorist Fighters.

 

The Indian delegation was led by Mr Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry of External Affairs, while the Australian delegation was led by Mr Paul Foley, Australia’s Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism.

The bilateral Joint Working Group deliberated upon the terrorist threats worldwide and in their respective regions including the problem of cross-border terrorism. Both sides welcomed the listing of Masood Azhar, leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, as a Global Terrorist by the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee.

The two sides agreed to further deepen counter-terrorism cooperation through mutual capacity building efforts, mutual legal assistance, regular exchange of information, sharing of best practices on countering extremism and radicalization. Cooperation in multilateral fora was also discussed.