WATCH: Standing beside Rubio, EAM Jaishankar sends strong ''zero tolerance'' message on terrorism
At the joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, EAM Dr S Jaishankar says, "In terms of the political understanding between India and the United States, we have a strategic partnership which emanates from a convergence of national interests in many areas. Yesterday, during the Secretary's call on the Prime Minister, some global and regional issues were discussed. In our subsequent meeting at the embassy, we took up developments pertaining to West Asia…, he also said, “India and the United States have common interests, but they also face shared challenges.Prominent among them is terrorism. Our position in that regard is very clear, which is of zero tolerance. We appreciate the strong cooperation between concerned agencies of our two countries in this domain. I particularly recognized the extradition from the United States to India last year of a key planner of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.”
