The second meeting of joint anti-terror mechanism between India and Pakistan concluded in New Delhi on Monday, with both sides reviewing follow-up steps, taken based on information shared during the first meeting held in Islamabad on March 6 and after that.
??Officials from both the countries shared new information on terrorist incidents including those which have occurred since the last meeting. They have agreed to continue to work to identify measures, exchange specific information and assist in investigations,?? a joint statement issued after the meeting said. The next meeting of the mechanism will be held in Islamabad, according to the schedule already agreed upon, said the statement.
In a recent interview, national security adviser MK Narayanan had said the blasts in Ajmer, Ludhiana and Hyderabad indicated the suspected involvement of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
Additional secretary (international organisations) at the external affairs ministry KC Singh held talks with the Pakistani delegation led by additional secretary (UN&EC) at the ministry of foreign affairs Khalid Aziz Babar.
India and Pakistan have agreed to hold a quarterly meeting of the anti-terror institutional mechanism, which was set up on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana nearly a year ago, to enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism between the two countries.
The mechanism followed the horrific bombings in Mumbai trains that led to a brief suspension of the composite dialogue between the two countries.
