By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – India and Italy on Sunday have pledged to intensify cooperation for effectively countering the misuse of technology for terrorist purposes.
Both sides shared experience in preventing and mitigating the menace at the 5th meeting of the India-Italy Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime held this week in Rome,
India Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday that the two countries also stressed the importance of an effective prosecution of those responsible for terrorist acts.
The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. K D Dewal, Joint Secretary for Counter Terrorism in the Ministry of External Affairs and Mr. Alessandro Azzoni, Senior Deputy Director for Political Affairs and Director for Security at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MEA stated.
They discussed emerging domestic, regional and international terrorist threats and exchanged views on a wide range of areas of cooperation in counter terrorism and transnational organized crime.
The dialogue between the two strategic partner countries reaffirmed commitment to strengthen cooperation in the multilateral fora, including in the UN, GCTF and FATF.
Two sides discussed ways and means to advance the ongoing negotiations on various bilateral agreements.
Indian delegation met officials of Inter-agency Law Enforcement Academy in Caserta, Italy and discussed strengthening of capacity building measures between the Academy and the counterpart organization in India.
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