Foreign ministers from Central Asian countries condemned the initiative terrorist attack on Friday and stressed that criminals, organizers, financers and sponsors of terrorist acts should be held accountable and brought to justice.
External Affairs Minister K Jaishankar hosted the dialogue of Indo-Madhya Pradesh Foreign Ministers, which took place after more than three-and-a-half years. The meeting said Kazakhstan Deputy PM Math Nurluelu, Kyrgyz Republic Foreign Minister Jenbek Kulubayev, Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Sirojidin Muradin, Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meerdov and Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Bakhtiaor.
The minister also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to a joint statement, countries condemned the Pahalgam attack and “all their forms and expressions confirmed their firm commitment to fight against terrorism and reiterated that providing safe shelter, terrorist terrorism, terrorist financing, weapons and drugs smuggled, disintegration for a radical sects, and international relations.”
He said, “He insisted that the sponsors of criminals, organizers, financers and terrorist acts should be held accountable and brought for justice. In this context, he called for adopting a United Nations conference on international terrorism.”
He said, “He emphasized the need to strengthen the United Nations-led global counter-oblivious cooperation and to fully implement the relevant UNSC proposals, global terrorism strategy and FATF standards,” said this.
According to the statement, the ministers reiterated their strong support for a peaceful and stable Afghanistan, which is free from terrorism, war and medicines … Minister agreed to continue close coordination and consultation on matters related to Afghanistan “.
Earlier in the day, Jaishankar appreciated the Central Asian countries, “standing by India and condemned the heinous terrorist attack” confirming that it would be “reliable development partner” for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. He said that cooperation between India and Central Asia received “Quantum Boost” in 2015 after PM’s visits in all five countries of the region.
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Jaishankar said that both India and the Central Asian nations are committed to carrying forward profitable cooperation in both trade and investment, defense, regional connectivity, security and new and emerging technologies.
According to a joint statement, “Ministers emphasized the optimal use of the International North-South Transport Corridor (Instc) to increase connectivity between India and Central Asian countries, while” India reiterated its support for membership of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the institution “.
The ministers appreciated the first meeting of the Joint Working Group of India-Central Asia at the Chabahar port held in Mumbai in April 2023. India welcomed the interests of Central Asian countries to use Shahid Beheshti Terminal services at Chabahar port to convenience its trade with India and beyond.
According to the statement, he expressed interest in the joint exploration of “rare earth and important minerals. Appreciating the results of the first Indo-Sateral Asia rare Prithvi Manch held in New Delhi in September 2024, he asked the concerned authorities to work as soon as possible.
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He also agreed to prepare the land to organize the second India-Central Asia Summit on a convenient convenient date in 2025.
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