NEW DELHI: India and the UK agreed in a meeting on Friday to enhance cooperation to address violent extremism and radicalism, saying there can be no justification for such activities in a democracy.
In a meeting with his UK counterpart Tim Barrow, NSA Ajit Doval also raised the issue of extremist elements in Britain threatening individual officers of the Indian high commission and urged the UK government to take “strong public action against these elements such as deportation or legal prosecution”.
The UK had on Thursday assured India that any direct attack on the officials of the Indian mission was completely unacceptable.
“Both the sides agreed to work closely on counter terrorism, counter terror financing, use of internet for terrorism purposes, illicit drug trafficking and counter radicalisation,” said a source.
Barrow is on an official visit to New Delhi for the India-UK strategic dialogue. He is accompanied by a delegation of senior UK government officials.
The two sides also agreed to deepen mutually beneficial collaboration in critical and emerging technologies.
India and the UK have engaged regularly in extensive discussions on broad bilateral, regional and global agenda, said the government.
“The visit will give them the opportunity to continue their high-level dialogue, which will include a review of the multi-faceted cooperation between the two nations as well as explore futuristic areas for technology collaboration,” said an official.
They met for restricted discussions on regional and global issues of mutual interest. “This was followed by the delegation-level talks where both countries reaffirmed their close strategic partnership and agreed to accord maximum priority to further enhance the security linkages,” said a source.
In a meeting with his UK counterpart Tim Barrow, NSA Ajit Doval also raised the issue of extremist elements in Britain threatening individual officers of the Indian high commission and urged the UK government to take “strong public action against these elements such as deportation or legal prosecution”.
The UK had on Thursday assured India that any direct attack on the officials of the Indian mission was completely unacceptable.
“Both the sides agreed to work closely on counter terrorism, counter terror financing, use of internet for terrorism purposes, illicit drug trafficking and counter radicalisation,” said a source.
Barrow is on an official visit to New Delhi for the India-UK strategic dialogue. He is accompanied by a delegation of senior UK government officials.
The two sides also agreed to deepen mutually beneficial collaboration in critical and emerging technologies.
India and the UK have engaged regularly in extensive discussions on broad bilateral, regional and global agenda, said the government.
“The visit will give them the opportunity to continue their high-level dialogue, which will include a review of the multi-faceted cooperation between the two nations as well as explore futuristic areas for technology collaboration,” said an official.
They met for restricted discussions on regional and global issues of mutual interest. “This was followed by the delegation-level talks where both countries reaffirmed their close strategic partnership and agreed to accord maximum priority to further enhance the security linkages,” said a source.