“We will also intensify intelligence sharing and continue to work closely to get terrorist entities listed by the United Nations system, by coordinating our approach to the United Nations 1267 Committee”, she said at a joint press conference with Kerry.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said Pakistan had made progress in the fight against extremism in recent months, but urged Islamabad to push harder against militants hiding within its borders as tensions with neighbouring India rise amid more violence in the disputed region of Kashmir. I have been working on this issue very hard. “You must’ve needed boats to get here”, Kerry quipped in his session with students in the morning.
Furthermore, a detailed discussion on Afghanistan and regional developments were held and an agreement on supporting the National Unity Government in Afghanistan was concluded.
“The Indian External Affairs Minister said “there is a scope to do a lot more” while underlining the importance of deepening cooperation in counter-terrorism”.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses students at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. He recalled previous visits to India and said, “The India that I first encountered in the early 90s was already a regional leader”. “There are big challenges facing India and the US”.
India’s efforts on the security front received a major boost when Kerry reaffirmed the “urgent necessity” for Pakistan to “dismantle safe havens for terrorists and criminal networks” including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and D Company.
“We have to work cooperatively and in good faith that terrorists have no place to run, no place to hide and no place to plan and prepare the future”, he said. Kerry lauded India’s democracy, as well, saying that the U.S., too has learned from its mistakes and is a vibrant democracy.
“My hope is that Pakistan as a country is not isolated by this but is encouraged by this”, Kerry said.
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Kerry insisted that both the countries knew the pain of terrorism and to avoid repeating tragedies, the intelligence agencies of the two countries are constantly exchanging information.
