India, Singapore resolve to jointly target terror financing, radicalisation

India and Singapore have vowed to jointly work to combat the challenge of terrorism including cross-border movement of terrorists, radicalisation, and financing of terrorism. Both sides deliberated on bolstering their anti-terror cooperation at the fifth meeting of their Joint Working Group (JWG) on combating terrorism and transnational crime, held in New Delhi on Thursday. According to a joint press release, the JWG unequivocally and strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism and reaffirmed the principle of ''zero tolerance'' toward terrorism. In the meeting, both sides condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the heinous terrorist attack in Pahalgam last April and the terror incident near Red Fort in November. They stressed that those responsible for terrorism must be held accountable, the release said. ''The JWG discussed a wide range of traditional and emerging threats and challenges, including terrorist recruitment, cross-border movement of terrorists, radicalisation, abuse of technology for terrorist purposes, and financing of terrorism,'' it said. The two sides also exchanged views on regional and global terrorism threat assessments, cybercrimes, drug trafficking and the nexus between transnational organised crime and terrorism, and agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in dealing with these challenges, it said. ''They also agreed on further cooperation and collaboration, particularly in the sphere of sharing of information and best practices, law enforcement, and capacity building to counter terrorism and transnational crimes,'' the release added. The JWG also agreed that confronting terrorism requires concerted action in a sustained and comprehensive manner. In this context, the two countries renewed their commitment to strengthen multilateral cooperation in the field of countering terrorism, including in the United Nations, ASEAN, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and other multilateral platforms. ''The JWG discussed cooperation in combating terrorists and terror groups listed by the UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee,'' the press release said. It said the JWG also agreed on the need to further strengthen information sharing to enhance timeliness and effectiveness of responses to cross-border threats. The Singapore delegation also visited India's anti-scam centre. ''Emphasising the importance of international cooperation in dealing with transnational scams, both sides looked forward to strengthening cooperation through information exchanges, capacity building and the sharing of best practices,'' the release added.

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