The Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman condemned in the strongest terms, the recent terrorist attack on Indian security forces on 14 February in Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir, in a joint statement issued on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Modi and Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz held delegation level talks at Hyderabad House on Yesterday. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on the Crown Prince.
Affirming that the menace of extremism and terrorism threatens all nations and societies, the two sides rejected any attempt to link this universal phenomenon to any particular race, religion or culture. Both sides called on all states to reject the use of terrorism against other countries; dismantle terrorism infrastructures where they happen to exist and to cut off any kind of support and financing to the terrorists perpetrating terrorism from all territories against other states and bring perpetrators of acts of terrorism to justice. The two sides also noted the need for concerted action by the international community against terrorism, including through early adoption of the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism and underlined the importance of comprehensive sanctioning of terrorists and their organisations by the UN.
The two sides discussed regional and international issues of mutual interest, including the security situation in West Asia and the Middle East, in the light of their common interest in the regional and global peace, security and stability. Both sides emphasised Security Council Resolution (2254) with regard to the solution in Syria, and Security Council Resolution (2216), the GCC initiative, and the outcomes of the Yemeni National Dialogue with regard to the solution in Yemen.
