India and the US discussed steps to disrupt the ability of terrorists to travel internationally and called on all countries to take immediate and irreversible action to ensure that no territory under their control is used for terrorist attacks on the 19th meeting of the India-US Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and the fifth session of the India-US Designations Dialogue which took place on December 12 and 13 in Delhi, reports The Kashmir Reader.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reported that the two sides also exchanged views on threats posed by UN-designated terrorist entities and emphasised the need for concerted action against terror groups such as Al-Qaida, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar e-Tayyaba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Al Badr.
The MEA further reported that the two sides also exchanged views on threats posed by UN-designated terrorist entities and emphasised the need for concerted action against terror groups such as Al-Qaida, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar e-Tayyaba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Al Badr. The two sides also discussed counter-terrorism cooperation at multilateral fora such as the UN, GCTF (Global Counterterrorism Forum), FATF (Financial Action Task Force) and Quad.