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India, Spain vow to fight terrorism
India and Spain on Wednesday committed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism calling it the gravest threat to international peace and stability even as the two sides expressed the need to restart negotiations for an EU-India Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BITA).
​Madrid: India and Spain on Wednesday committed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism calling it the gravest threat to international peace and stability even as the two sides expressed the need to restart negotiations for an EU-India Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BITA).
"Both India and Spain have faced terrorism," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing the media ahead of talks with his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy at La Moncloa, the official residence of the Spanish Prime Minister.
Altogether, India and Spain signed seven agreements, including those on cooperation in cyber security and renewable energy. The two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in cyber security.
A second MoU was signed on cooperation in renewable energy. Three other MoUs were signed on cooperation in organ transplantation, technical cooperation in civil aviation, and between the Foreign Service Institute of India and the Diplomatic Academy of Spain. Two agreements were also signed on transfer of sentenced persons and waiving of visas for diplomatic passport holders.
A joint statement issued following the meeting between the two leaders said both "recognised that terrorism poses the gravest threat to international peace and stability and expressed their strong commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations".
"They stressed that there should be zero tolerance to terrorism and that there can be no justification whatsoever for any act of terror," it stated.
"We reiterate that the fight against terrorism requires a robust international cooperation, and we call on all the states to fully implement SC (UN Security Council) Resolution 1373 and all other relevant SC Resolutions, by establishing strong legal provisions against terrorism, terrorist networks, incitement to terrorism and financing for terrorism, and by satisfying requests from other states for cooperation against terrorism."
The two leaders also called on the international community to end selective or partial approaches to combating terrorism and in this regard jointly called for the early finalisation and adoption of the India-initiated Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism by the UN General Assembly.
