India at SCO meet: NSA Ajit Doval proposes stronger action on Pak terror

India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has proposed a global action plan on Pakistan based terror groups Lashkar-e- Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad under the SCO framework. His message came during the meeting of the national security chiefs at Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe that started on 23 June, Wednesday.

New Delhi: India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has proposed a global action plan on Pakistan based terror groups Lashkar-e- Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad under the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) framework. His message came during the meeting of the national security chiefs at Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe that started on 23 June, Wednesday.

NSA Doval also emphasised on adoption of international standards to counter terror financing including an MOU between SCO and FATF. He also said that there is a need to monitor new technologies used by terrorists including drones for smuggling of weapons and misuse of the dark web, artificial intelligence, blockchain and social media.

Doval strongly emphasised the need to preserve gains made in the last two decades in Afghanistan and to give top priority to the welfare of its people. "India fully supports SCO Contact Group on Afghanistan, which should be more active", he added. Condemning terrorism in all forms and manifestation, Doval emphasised the need for full implementation of United Nations resolutions and targeted sanctions against UN-designated terrorist individuals and entities. He said that perpetrators of terrorism including cross-border terror attacks should be expeditiously brought to justice.

Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the SCO meeting, NSA Doval held a meeting with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev. They discussed contemporary developments of bilateral, regional, and global significance.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was preceded by the Shanghai Five mechanism. India and Pakistan became permanent members in the year 2017.

On Wednesday, NSA Doval and his Pakistan counterpart Moeed Yusuf agreed to cooperate in the joint fight against the threats of international terrorism, extremism, separatism and religious radicalism.