India, Australia hold talks on emerging trends in terrorism
Indian and Australian officials discussed the emerging domestic, regional and international terrorism landscape and exchanged views on a wide range of areas of cooperation in counter terrorism in Canberra recently.
The discussion was held during the 15th meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism on October 29, October 30.
The meeting was co-chaired by Dr. Vinod Bahade, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism) in the Ministry of External Affairs, and Gemma Huggins, Australia’s Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism.
Pahalgam Attack
The two sides condemned the heinous terrorist attack on 22 April 2025 in Pahalgam and the Australian side reiterated its support and solidarity with India.
The Indian delegation participated in the 15th India–Australia Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism held in Canberra. Both sides reaffirmed their strong commitment to preventing and countering #Terrorism, violent extremism and #radicalization in all its forms and… https://t.co/6MJyDcD36Y
— India in Australia (@HCICanberra) October 31, 2025
Recognizing the need for enhancing cooperation for effectively countering the challenges in countering terrorism, the two sides underlined strengthening cooperation in timely information sharing and concerted actions to counter the use of new and emerging technology for terrorist purposes, and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in countering radicalization and violent extremism conducive to terrorism.
The two sides re-affirmed commitment to strengthening cooperation in the multilateral fora, including the UN, GCTF, FATF, IORA, ARF, NMFT and with QUAD partners, to combat global terrorism.
The Indian delegation also met officials of the Australian Federal Police Counter Terrorism Unit, National Emergency Management Agency, and Maritime Border Command; and visited the Australian Watch Office and the Crisis Centre.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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