India and Saudi Arabia today comprehensively reviewed the ongoing security cooperation in the third meeting of the India-Saudi Arabia Security Working Group under the Political, Consular and Security Cooperation Committee of the Strategic Partnership Council in Riyadh. Both sides reiterated their condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism and the Pahalgam terrorist attack on 22nd April last year and the terror incident near New Delhi’s Red Fort on 10th November last year.

 

External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that they discussed threats posed by terrorist groups globally and in their respective regions. Both sides shared views on enhancing cooperation in current and emerging challenges to counter-terrorism, including countering extremism and radicalisation, combating financing of terrorism, preventing use of technology for terrorist purposes, and the nexus between transnational organised crime and terrorism. They also deliberated upon measures to further strengthen bilateral legal and judicial cooperation and law enforcement cooperation.

 

The meeting was co-chaired by Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry of External Affairs, Dr. Vinod Bahade and Director General of Legal Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of Interior, Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Al-Eissa.