First assembly of India-Central Asia Summit concludes; leaders name for ‘world freed from terror’

India and 5 Central Asian international locations on Thursday asserted that offering assist, utilizing proxies for cross-border terrorism and terror financing go towards the fundamental rules of humanity, as they known as for combating the menace comprehensively to attain a “world free of terror”.

The assertion was made on the first India-Central Asia Summit hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that was attended by 5 presidents — Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbekistan’s Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan’s Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyz Republic.A Delhi Declaration issued after the summit stated the 2 sides acknowledged that defence cooperation constitutes an necessary pillar between India and the Central Asian international locations.READ: Coordination should for regional stability: PM Modi at first India-Central Asia SummitThe presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan expressed satisfaction over common bilateral army counter-terrorism workouts with India.They additionally agreed to contemplate holding of joint counter-terrorism workouts between India and Central Asian international locations, the declaration stated.The Kazakh President Tomkayev expressed gratitude to Modi for the continued co-deployment of Kazakh troops inside the Indian battalion within the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).The leaders underscored the significance of standard dialogue between the safety councils of their international locations in view of the frequent challenges of terrorism, extremism and radicalisation within the area.They expressed satisfaction at common conferences and safety dialogues held between their safety councils, specifically, throughout 2021, and welcomed the outcomes of the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan held on November 10, 2021.Addressing the India-Central Asia Summit. https://t.co/HMhScJGI15— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 27, 2022
Modi and the leaders of the 5 Central Asian international locations condemned terrorism in all its types and manifestations and reiterated that offering assist, utilizing terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism, terror financing, arms and medicines trafficking, dissemination of a radical ideology and abuse of cyber area to unfold disinformation and incite violence, goes towards the fundamental rules of humanity and worldwide relations.They agreed that terrorism have to be comprehensively countered to attain a “world free of terror”, the declaration stated.The Central Asian leaders pressured the significance of additional universalisation of the Code of Conduct in the direction of attaining a world freed from terrorism, which for the primary time acknowledged the interconnection between safety, combating terrorism and improvement, thus facilitating the development of the Sustainable Development Goals.The leaders additionally known as for early adoption of the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.They urged the worldwide group to strengthen UN-led international counter-terrorism cooperation and totally implement the related UNSC resolutions, Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and FATF requirements.In this regard, the leaders famous the proposal of Tajikistan to carry a world convention inside the framework of “Dushanbe process on countering the financing of terrorism” in October 2022 in Dushanbe.