Blitz Bureau
INDIA and Australia have strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and emphasised the need for strengthening international cooperation to combat terrorism in a comprehensive and sustained manner At the 14th meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group on CounterTerrorism that was held in New Delhi, the two sides discussed about global counter-terrorism challenges and the ongoing counter-terrorism cooperation between the two countries.
The External Affairs Ministry said that the two sides condemned the use of terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism.
Both the countries also exchanged views on domestic, regional, and global terrorism threat assessments. The discussion also covered counter-terrorism challenges related to the use of new and emerging technologies by terrorists, misuse of the internet for terrorist purposes, radicalisation and terror financing, and the nexus between organised crime and terrorism, among other issues.