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KABUL: China on Wednesday endorsed India’s position on terrorism, adding that terrorist groups cannot be supported and used in political and geopolitical goals, Indian media reported.
In a veiled reference to Pakistan, China in very strong terms said that those committing orchestrating, inciting or supporting terrorist acts must be held accountable and brought to justice, the reported added.
While condemning the terrorism, Russia, India and China in a joint communiqué of the 16th meeting of the respective countries’ foreign ministers said, “The ministers strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”
It added: “They called on the international community to strengthen UN-led global counterterrorism cooperation by fully implementing the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the Global counterterrorism Strategy in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, while respecting sovereignty and independence of all states, and expeditiously finalizing and adopting the UN Comprehensive Convention on International terrorism at the earliest.”
“They reiterated that states and their competent agencies play a central role in both national and international counterterrorism efforts. They also stressed that terrorist groups cannot be supported and used in political and geopolitical goals,” stated the Joint Communiqué.
“The Ministers stressed that those committing, orchestrating, inciting or supporting terrorist acts must be held accountable and brought to justice in accordance with existing international commitments on countering terrorism, including the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy, relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the FATF standards, international treaties, including on the basis of the principle “extradite or prosecute” and relevant international and bilateral obligations and in compliance with applicable domestic legislation,” the statement added.
The RIC meet, which held in China, was attended by India External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
