MOSCOW/DUBAI/ABU DHABI, May 23: Indian Parliamentary delegations on Friday put across New Delhi’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on terrorism to top officials in Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Japan and exchanged views on furthering cooperation in counter-terrorism and combating radicalism following Operation Sindoor.
“#TeamIndia sends a strong and united message on combating terrorism,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is on a three-nation tour of Europe, said in a post on X.
India is sending out seven multi-party delegations to 33 global capitals to reach out to the international community on Pakistan’s designs and India’s response to terror in wake of the Pahalgam terror attack after which India launched Operation Sindoor.
RUSSIA
In Moscow, the all-party delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi met Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko to sensitise the Russian side about terror emanating from Pakistan, a month after the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people dead. In Japan, the delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Jha held a “focused and lively” press engagement held at the Indian Embassy in Tokyo where the MPs “briefed the Japanese media on India’s ‘New Normal’ against cross-border attacks, zero tolerance for terrorism, and all parties resolve to stand united in all matters of national interest,” the Embassy said in a post on X.
The Indian MPs in Moscow earlier had a detailed exchange of views at a round-table meeting with all-party members of the Russian Federation Assembly (Parliament) led by the Duma (lower house) International Affairs Committee chair Leonid Slutsky of Liberal-Democratic Party.
The delegation also met with First Deputy Chair of the Committee on International Affairs Andrey Denisov and other senators in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, said a post from the Indian Embassy in Russia.
“The Russian side condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and stated that Russia stands in solidarity with India for elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations! Russia and India have a shared position in the fight against terrorism. Russia India | Together in the fight against terrorism!” it added.
UAE
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, sent a “strong message of harmony, tolerance and peaceful coexistence – the values shared & cherished by India and UAE,” the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi said.The delegation paid obeisance at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, BAPS Hindu Temple and Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara, the Embassy said in a post on X.The all party delegation met Nikolay Mladenov, Director General of Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy and “exchanged views on furthering India-UAE cooperation in counter-terrorism and combating radicalism.”
JAPAN
An Indian Parliamentary delegation on Friday highlighted India’s unified and determined stance against terrorism, as it met members of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The all-party delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Jha is in Japan to sensitise global leadership about terror emanating from Pakistan, a month after the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people dead.“All-Party Delegation from India met Mr Yasuhiro Hanashi, Acting Chairperson of the Research Committee on Counter-terrorism of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Former Minister of Justice. India’s unified and determined stance against terrorism in all its forms was highlighted. Both sides reiterated their zero-tolerance approach to terrorism,” the Embassy of India in Japan posted on X.
The delegation that Jha is leading is one of the seven multi-party delegations to 33 global capitals to reach out to the international community on Pakistan’s designs and India’s response to terror, especially in view of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
On Thursday, the delegation met Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya.
The Japanese Foreign Minister reiterated Japan’s support to India’s fight against terrorism and expressed appreciation for the restraint shown by the Indian side, it added.
The delegation later met Yoshihide Suga, former prime minister of Japan, currently Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the Japan-India Association. The MPs also met Takashi Endo, chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security, Japan.
The delegation also interacted with leading Japanese think tanks and briefed them on India’s zero tolerance policy on terrorism, the Embassy said and added, the participants at the interaction expressed strong support for India’s efforts to combat terrorism. (PTI)