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New Delhi, October 9 (IANS) Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Keir Starmer discussed the Khalistani extremist issue during talks in Mumbai on Thursday.
Addressing a special media briefing on Starmer’s visit to India, Misri said that during the conversation, PM Modi stressed that there is no place for fundamentalism and violent extremism in democratic societies and there is a need to take action against them within the legal framework. He said that PM Modi also expressed condolences on the recent attack near a synagogue in Manchester.
Asked if the issue of Khalistani extremism was raised during the talks between PM Modi and Starmer, Misri replied, “Yes, it is a topic that came up for discussion in July. It was raised again during the discussion held today and the Prime Minister stressed that there is no place in democratic societies for fundamentalism and violent extremism and especially for exercising the freedoms provided by democratic societies or Abuse should not be allowed and action needs to be taken against them. Legal frameworks that are available to both parties.
“The Prime Minister once again expressed his deep condolences over the Manchester attack and the attack on a synagogue in Britain a few days ago,” he said.
India has earlier also shared its concerns over the presence of Khalistani militants in Britain.
Earlier this year, Khalistani goons created a ruckus outside Chatham House in London, where External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar was attending an event. A video of the event, in which a protestor is seen running towards the External Affairs Minister’s vehicle as he was leaving the venue, had gone viral on social media, highlighting the security breach.
This was not the first time that anti-India, fundamentalist elements had organized demonstrations, attacks and arson in London.
New Delhi had lodged a strong protest with the UK government after the Indian High Commission in London was vandalized by Khalistani extremists in March 2023. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had sought an explanation from the British authorities for the complete absence of British security that had allowed Khalistani goons to enter the High Commission premises.
On Thursday, PM Modi and Starmer strongly condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations and agreed to counter radicalization and violent extremism.
“They called for zero tolerance for terrorism and concerted international efforts to combat terrorism in a comprehensive and sustained manner in accordance with the UN Charter and international law,” a joint statement issued after the discussions between the two leaders elaborated.
“They agreed to counter radicalization and violent extremism; combat terrorism financing and cross-border movement of terrorists; prevent the exploitation of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes; combat recruitment of terrorists; enhance cooperation in information sharing, judicial cooperation, capacity building; and strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in these areas, including with the United Nations and FATF. They agreed in April to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in these areas. I condemned. 2025 Terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. They committed to strengthen cooperation to take decisive and concrete action against globally proscribed terrorists, terrorist entities and their sponsors.
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