The 2nd
Meeting of India-Italy Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorismwas
held in New Delhi, India
on 17 June 2019.
The meeting was co-chaired by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint
Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry of External Affairs and Diego Brasioli, Principal
Director for Security, Disarmament and non- Proliferation, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in Italy.
The next meeting of the Joint Working Group will
be held in Italy.
Objectives:
The joint working group discussed threats posed by terrorist
entities globally and in their respective regions
including cross
border terrorism.
The
discussion included:
♦ Views on current counterterrorism challenges including
countering radicalization, terror financing and misuse of internet for
terrorist purposes
♦ threats arising from transnational crimes and
money laundering
♦ deliberated upon measures to deepen bilateral
cooperation for countering terrorism and transnational crimes through regular
exchange of information, mutual capacity building efforts, sharing of best
practices and mutual legal assistance
♦ the Cooperation in multilateral fora
