The United States and India cooperate to work against terrorist’s organisations especially the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM).
The American National Security Adviser Susan Rice and India’s Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made commitments to collaborate actions towards climate change, trade and defense, at the White House Washington on Tuesday.
According to sources, they also discussed US-India collaboration against LeT, JeM, and other terrorist groups.
India has blamed the two banned groups for orchestrating a number of terror attacks. It blames the LeT for orchestrating the Mumbai attacks in November 2008 which left 167 people dead.
It accuses the JeM of carrying out the recent attack on an air force base in Pathankot in Indian Punjab on January 2, 2016, which left, at least, eight people dead.
The meeting was held to review preparations for the upcoming 50-nation Nuclear Security Summit due to be held in Washington from March 31-April 1.
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh said that his government had been making efforts to have a number of units banned under the UN Security Council’s resolution 1267.
“Our concerns regarding anti-India terrorism emanating from Pakistan have been taken up with the international community and also bilaterally with Pakistan on a number of occasions.”
He added that concerns over recent terror incidents have been taken up with National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua during a meeting in December 2015.
“The two NSAs have also been in touch with each other following Pathankot attack in January regarding the follow up by Pakistan on actionable information provided by India concerning the attack,” Singh said. Regarding some projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Singh said they had conveyed their concerns to Chinese officials at the highest levels.
