Quad unequivocally condemns terrorism; denounces 26/11, Pathankot assaults

The leaders of India, Australia, Japan and the United States on Tuesday unequivocally condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its kinds and manifestations, and reiterated their condemnation of terrorist assaults, together with the 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot assaults perpetrated by Pakistan-based terror teams.

In a Quad Joint Leaders’ Statement issued after the second in-person assembly of the Quad leaders right here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australia’s newly-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterated that there could be no justification for acts of terror on any grounds in any respect.

“We condemn unequivocally terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations,” the assertion stated.

The 4 leaders denounced the usage of terrorist proxies and emphasised the significance of denying any logistical, monetary or army assist to terrorist teams which may very well be used to launch or plan terror assaults, together with cross-border assaults, it stated, with out naming any nation.

“We reiterate our condemnation of terrorist attacks, including 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot attacks,” the leaders stated within the joint assertion.

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Terrorists of Pakistan-based outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) had carried out the 26/11 Mumbai terror assault and the January 2016 Pathankot airbase assault.

JuD, led by Hafiz Saeed, is the entrance organisation for the LeT which is answerable for finishing up the 2008 Mumbai assault that killed 166 individuals, together with six Americans.

Saeed, a Pakistani nationwide, is a UN-designated terrorist on whom the US has positioned a USD 10 million bounty.

Last month, the Indian authorities designated as a terrorist Ali Kashif Jan, the Pakistani handler of the 2016 terror assault on Pathankot air base during which six terrorists and 7 Indian troopers have been killed.

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India has been asking Pakistan to take credible, verifiable and irreversible actions in opposition to terrorist networks and proxies working from its soil and convey the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot assaults to justice.

In their joint assertion, the Quad leaders additionally reaffirmed UNSC Resolution 2593 (2021), which calls for that Afghan territory must not ever once more be used to threaten or assault any nation or to shelter or practice terrorists, or to plan or finance terrorist assaults.

“We emphasise the importance of upholding international standards on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism by all countries, consistent with FATF recommendations.”

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“We reaffirm that in our fight against global terrorism, we will take concerted action against all terrorist groups, including those individuals and entities designated pursuant to UNSC Resolution 1267(1999),” it stated.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental physique established in 1989 to fight cash laundering, terrorist financing and different associated threats to the integrity of the worldwide monetary system.

The Paris-based FATF has positioned Pakistan on its gray listing since June 2018 for failing to examine cash laundering, resulting in terror financing, and was given a plan of motion to finish it by October 2019.

Since then, Pakistan continues to be on the FATF’s listing resulting from its failure to adjust to the FATF mandates.

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