They also called upon the two sides to secure an inclusive political negotiated settlement in Afghanistan, he said. The two delegations also called upon Afghanistan to respect human rights of women, children, minorities, provision of humanitarian assistance and access to humanitarian workers, Shringla said. That includes, obviously the issue of ensuring that the Afghan territory is not used to threaten attack against any country, shelter any terrorist groups or finance terrorist attacks and underscores the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan,” he said. They called on the Taliban to adhere to these and all of its commitments under resolution 2593. “So, the two sides underscored the importance of combat and terrorism in Afghanistan. This is an important resolution which reflected the international community's general view on the situation in Afghanistan, he said. Read | Pakistan globally recognised for supporting terror, still hails Osama as ‘martyr’: India at UNGA Noting that there was quite a bit of discussion on Afghanistan, Shringla said there was a lot of importance attached to the fact that the United Nations resolution 2593 was adopted and on India's Presidency of the Security Council. The leaders also noted that the US and India will be organising a counter-terrorism joint working group meeting and there is also going to be a renewed US-India Homeland Security dialogue in the areas of law enforcement, he said. Both sides denounced any use of terrorist proxies and emphasised the importance of denying logistical, financial or military support to terrorist groups which could be used to plan or launch terror attacks, he said. Shringla said during the bilateral discussion that there was a clear concern expressed on Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan and the continuing support for an approach that did not seem to be conducive to the international community's expectations of what the war-torn country should be like.ĭuring the meeting, both India and the US agreed that the issue of terrorism is very important. Modi along with his counterparts – Scott Morrison of Australia and Japan’s Yoshihide Suga – on Friday attended the first in-person meeting of Quad leaders hosted by US President Biden. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, speaks during the Quad summit with President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. “An important factor which sometimes gets overlooked is when you see Pakistan, protecting itself as a facilitator, whereas, it has really been in many senses an instigator of some of the problems that we're dealing with in our neighbourhood and beyond,” he said in response to a question. “Pakistan's role on the issue of terrorism… (whether) it is Quad or its other partners have to keep track of that factor,” Shringla said Friday. Read | Quad leaders promise ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific region The leaders welcomed the deepening of advanced industrial cooperation in the defence sector,” Shringla said.ĭuring the meeting, he said, there was emphasis on co-developing, co-production and expanding the area of industrial cooperation in the defence sector.īoth during the India-US bilateral meeting of PM Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden and the Quad summit comprising Australia, India, Japan and the US, there was a clear sense of a more careful monitoring of Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan, he said, as the Indian delegation concluded its two days of hectic engagements in the city.
“President Biden reaffirmed the strength to the defence relationship and unwavering commitment to India as a major defense partner. The meeting of the two leaders in the Oval Office lasted more than 90 minutes, instead of the scheduled 60 minutes.įollow Live Updates | Modi in US and UNGA summit President Biden welcomed Prime Minister Modi to the White House on Friday.
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