India and Egypt strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism. Both sides reviewed the threats posed by terrorist groups globally and in their respective countries and regions
India and Egypt held the third meeting of their Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism in New Delhi.
“The delegation concerned was led by Mr. Mahavir Singhvi, Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism, Ministry of External Affairs of India and Mr. Mohamed Fouad Ahmed, Director, Counter-Terrorism Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and included senior representatives from the Ministry of External Affairs. from both sides," according to a press release by the Ministry of External Affairs.
“India and Egypt strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism. Both sides reviewed the threats posed by terrorist groups globally and in their respective countries and regions. They shared their respective counter-terrorism priorities and actions taken to combat terrorism, violent extremism conducive to terrorism, radicalization and terror financing," the press release said.
Security cooperation, especially on issues related to terrorism, will be one of the pillars of the India-Egypt strategic partnership in the future. This was decided by the two sides during the recent visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during which he attended the Republic Day 2023 as the chief guest.
“Both sides underlined the need to take concerted action against all UNSC designated terrorist entities. They called on all countries to take immediate, sustained, irreversible and verifiable action to ensure that no territory under their control is used as a terrorist safe haven and that the perpetrators of terrorist attacks are brought to justice Go He further called upon all countries to work towards dismantling terrorist networks, infrastructure, their financing channels and prevent cross-border movement of terrorists," says the Ministry of External Affairs.
“Both sides agreed to further strengthen bilateral counter-terrorism cooperation, including through training and capacity building efforts, exchange of good practices and information sharing. The Joint Working Group also discussed multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation including the United Nations and the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF)," the MEA press release said.
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