The Secretary of State spoke about terrorism and said single state unable to fight against terrorists and extremists, it important to strike at the root cause of extremism and tackle the challenges together.”He added bad governance should be eradicated and everyone should be contributed towards a peaceful world”.
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The two countries also agreed to boost their counter- terrorism cooperation by enhancing intelligence sharing, screening of terrorists, exchange of information on known or suspected terrorists.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry appears with India’s external affairs minister Shushma Swaraj as he addresses reporters during a news conference Tuesday in New Delhi, India, after the U.S. -India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.
“Pakistan as a country is not isolated, but encouraged as a friend to chalk a road map of its own choices in tacking the challenge of terrorism”, he added.
“The sides reiterated their condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and reaffirmed their commitment to dismantle safe havens for terrorist and criminal networks such as Da’ish/ISIL, al Qaeda, LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammad, D-Company and its affiliates and the Haqqani Network”.
Kerry also said the people responsible for the 2008 attacks in Mumbai and the 2016 in Pathankot in India should be brought to justice.
Swaraj also extended her thanks to Kerry for America’s support to India’s bid to join the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a group of 48 countries.
Swaraj also said that they agreed that nations must not maintain double standards, such as the categorisation of good and bad terrorists, nor must they act as sanctuaries and safe havens for terrorist organisations. The US leader has had a hard time with the city’s traffic since he landed on Monday night.
Touching a raw nerve, US Secretary of State John Kerry today said polarisation anywhere is not good as it reflects intolerance, frustration with governance.
His remarks came in the backdrop of the United States speaking out in support of freedom of expression after Amnesty International was charged with sedition in Bengaluru recently. Addressing a session at IIT-Delhi, he said terror groups like Daesh, Al Qaeda, LeT and JeM can not be fought by a single nation.
India blames Pakistani-based groups for that attack and others, including one earlier this year on an Indian Air Force base.
“Talks and terrorism can not go together”, she reiterated. I have had many engagements with (Pakistan Prime Minister) Nawaz Sharif. “We have been talking on the sanctuaries in the western part of the country, how to deal more effectively with the Haqqani network and LeT”, he said.
Wherever terrorists from Pakistan have come and hurt and killed Indian citizens, they have not moved against those perpetrators of terror.
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He further said that he does not think there should be any linkage between India’s National Security Guard membership and its achievement of climate change goals.
