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Indo-US 2+2 meeting: Act

immediately on terror, Pakistan
told
The leaders also discussed their shared interest in promoting a sovereign,
peaceful, united, democratic, inclusive, stable and secure Afghanistan,
including support for an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, the
statement said.

Written by Shubhajit Roy | New Delhi | Updated: October 28, 2020 6:57:05 am
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo in New Delhi on
Monday. (Twitter/@DrSJaishankar)

After the Indo-US 2+2 meeting on Tuesday, Foreign and Defence ministers of India
and the US called on Pakistan to take “immediate, sustained and irreversible”
action to ensure that “no territory under its control is used for terrorist attacks”,
and to expeditiously bring to justice perpetrators and planners of all such attacks,
including 26/11 Mumbai, Uri, and Pathankot.

In December 2019, Uri was not mentioned in the joint statement.

The leaders also discussed their shared interest in promoting a sovereign, peaceful,
united, democratic, inclusive, stable and secure Afghanistan, including support for
an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, the statement said. External
Affairs minister S Jaishankar had highlighted India’s stakes in Afghanistan on
Monday with his counterpart, US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo, stating that
decisions about the country’s future should be made by Afghans without use of
force.

Also Read | 2+2 meeting: Eye on China, India-US raise defence cooperation

They applauded India’s development assistance for Afghanistan, and efforts to

build trade linkages and multi-modal connectivity infrastructure for the country to
enhance its regional connectivity to sustain growth and development over the long
term.
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reliable and secure internet”, as well as the multi-stakeholder model of internet
governance. “They emphasized fostering cooperation between their industry and
academia for an open, secure and resilient supply of strategic material and critical
infrastructure and to independently evaluate the risk associated with deployment
of emerging ICT technologies, including 5G networks”, it said.

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Consolidating the gains

Tuesday’s 2+2 ministerial meeting evaluated and consolidated the gains made
over the last four years. It also set up ambitious targets and initiatives for the
next incumbent in the US administration, cutting across sectors from nuclear
to defence, and narcotics to health. New Delhi will now watch the next White
House occupant on how he takes the ties forward.

Recalling the historic India-US civil nuclear agreement, which has been stuck for a
decade, the ministers welcomed the project “Division of Responsibility principles
between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Westinghouse
Electric Company (WEC) for the construction of six nuclear reactors at Kovvada,
and looked forward to the detailed Division of Responsibility that would pave the
way for a techno-commercial offer”.

After Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Pompeo and US Defence
Secretary Mark T Esper, they also decided that a new India-US Counter-Narcotics
Working Group will hold its first virtual meeting later this year, with an in-person
meeting in 2021, an initiative to collaborate through an International Center of
Excellence in Research focused on infectious diseases, including COVID-19 and
other emerging threats, and an overarching MoU to enhance health cooperation.
Also Read | 2+2 dialogue: India, US sign crucial agreement on geo-spatial
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The joint statement said: “The Ministers committed to continued exchange of Why are dem
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individuals, particularly in light of recent legislative changes in India, as well as
countering the financing and operations of terrorist organizations, countering
radicalism and terrorist use of the internet…. They denounced the use of terrorist
proxies and strongly condemned cross border terrorism in all its forms. They
emphasised the need for concerted action against all terrorist networks, including
al-Qaeda, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Hizb-ul-
Mujahideen.”

This was similar to the 2019 joint statement, except that the Dawood Ibrahim gang
and Tehrik-e-Taliban of Pakistan are not mentioned this time.

The ministers intend to enhance their ongoing cooperation in multilateral fora,

including the UN. They reaffirmed their support for the early adoption of a UN
Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, which will advance and
strengthen the framework for global cooperation and reinforce the message that no
cause or grievance justifies terrorism, the statement said.

Also Read | 2+2 today, decks cleared for key India-US defence agreement

They agreed on stepping up efforts to “rejuvenate and expand” bilateral India-US

trade in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this regard, they “noted” ongoing
discussions by the United States Trade Representative and India’s Ministry of
Commerce and Industry to reach an understanding on improving market access,
removing barriers to trade, and improving the business environment.

Underscoring the importance of ties between the legislatures, the ministers agreed
to the launch of an India-US Parliamentary Exchange.

They also decided to issue 12-month reciprocal temporary duty visas to officials
from both governments as a step to facilitate the growing partnership.
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