India – Egypt maintain third ‘Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism’ assembly in New Delhi
India has been collaborating with quite a few international locations and organizations to counter international terrorism at numerous ranges. Egypt is one such nation with whom India has consistently labored to fight terrorism. The third assembly of the India-Egypt Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism was carried out on February 16, 2023, in New Delhi.
The respective delegations have been led by Mr. Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism, Ministry of Exterior Affairs of India and Mr. Mohamed Fouad Ahmed, Director, Counter-Terrorism Unit, Ministry of International Affairs of Egypt and consisted of senior representatives from each side,” in response to a press launch by the Ministry of Exterior Affairs
The Indian facet of the assembly was spearheaded by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism, Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA), whereas the Egyptian facet was led by Mohamed Fouad Ahmed, Director, Counter-Terrorism Unit, Ministry of International Affairs of Egypt.
Through the dialogue, the 2 nations mentioned their counterterrorism priorities and steps taken to fight terrorism whereas additionally reviewing the threats posed by terrorist organisations each internationally and of their specific international locations and areas.
India and Egypt strongly condemned terrorism in all its kinds and manifestations together with cross-border terrorism,” in response to the press launch issued by MEA. Through the dialogue, the 2 nations mentioned their counterterrorism priorities and steps taken to fight terrorism whereas additionally reviewing the threats posed by terrorist organisations each internationally and of their specific international locations and areas. Final yr in the course of the particular assembly of the UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee and the third No Cash for Terror Ministerial Convention on Counter-Terrorism Financing each international locations deliberated about the way to proceed in addressing the problems posed by digital currencies, unmanned aerial programs, and terrorists’ use of the web for terrorist propaganda.
Safety cooperation, significantly on terror-related points, will type one of many pillars of the India-Egypt strategic partnership sooner or later. This was determined by each side in the course of the latest go to of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, throughout which he attended Republic Day 2023 as Chief Visitor. Final yr in the course of the particular assembly of the UNSC
Counter-Terrorism Committee and the third No Cash for Terror Ministerial Convention on Counter-Terrorism Financing each international locations deliberated about the way to proceed in addressing the problems posed by digital currencies, unmanned aerial programs, and terrorists’ use of the web for terrorist propaganda.
The Settlement :
The 2 sides agreed in the course of the dialogue that concerted motion in opposition to all of the terrorist entities designated by the United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) was essential. Just lately, the UNSC has listed Abdul Rehman Makki, a terrorist with ties to Pakistan, as a world terrorist, marking a big victory for India’s diplomatic efforts. The 2 sides underscored the necessity for taking concerted actions in opposition to all of the UNSC designated terrorist entities. They referred to as upon all international locations to take rapid, sustained, irreversible and verifiable actions to make sure that no territory beneath their management is used as a terrorist protected haven and to carry to justice perpetrators of terrorist assaults. They additional referred to as upon all international locations to work in direction of rooting out terrorist networks, infrastructure, their financing channels and stopping cross-border motion of terrorists,” says the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
Capability constructing to fight terrorism:
Moreover, to strengthen their bilateral counter-terrorism collaboration, the 2 sides additionally agreed to take additional steps together with coaching and capacity-building efforts, exchanges of excellent practices, and knowledge sharing amongst others. A dialogue of multilateral counterterrorism cooperation, together with within the United Nations and the World Counterterrorism Discussion board (GCTF), was additionally held in the course of the assembly.
El-Sisi’s Go to to India:
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the president of Egypt, visited India final month because the Chief Visitor on India’s Republic Day. Throughout his go to, the 2 international locations held plenty of discussions and deliberations relating to financial cooperation, commerce and funding, agriculture, and defence cooperation, amongst others.
As per the data offered by MEA, India’s present funding in Egypt is greater than USD 3.15 billion with bilateral commerce of roughly USD 7.26 billion in 2021-22.
India would additionally encourage its companies to make the most of the funding prospects in Egypt. On this regard, the Egyptian facet is contemplating the potential for allocating a particular space of land within the Suez Canal Financial Zone for the Indian industries (SCEZ).
Latest years have seen an unparalleled growth of the bilateral ties between Egypt and India. Their relationship might be additional enhanced through cooperation within the areas of commerce, well being, defence, area, and training.
