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India, U.S. prepared for long-haul fight
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, JAN. 22. Counter-terrorism experts from India and the United States have jointly condemned the attack on the American Center in Kolkata and said they were prepared for a long-haul in fighting extremism across the globe.
In a joint statement issued after the two-day Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting, both sides, recognising the need for intelligence sharing, discussed the possibility of accessing their databases on terrorists. While stressing on the need to contain funding to extremists, they agreed that disruption of financial flow to terrorist organisations would be an important component in the counter-terrorism drive.
Both sides``recognised that the campaign will be long-drawn and multi-faceted, involving political, diplomatic, military, intelligence and financial measures.''
To improve the capability to counter terrorism, the Indian side welcomed the U.S. offer of training experts to tackle contingencies arising out of terrorism.
The Indian delegation, while welcoming the U.S. pilot project to counter infiltration and promote surveillance, discussed forensic cooperation as part of the ``capacity building '' programme to counter terrorism. The U.S. coordinator for cyber-terrorism will visit India to push forward the joint initiatives on the subject. Both sides exchanged notes on terrorism in South Asia, Central Asia and South-East Asia.
The JWG emphasised that international cooperation and national commitment was central to defeating terrorism. Both sides agreed that governed by the U.N. Security Council resolution 1373, all nations were obliged to bring to book terrorists operating from their soil.
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