Modi, Trump call on Pakistan to stem ‘terrorist’ attacks

June 27, 2017

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Washington: President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on Pakistan to ensure that its territory is not used to launch terrorist attacks on other countries, the White House said in a statement.

The two leaders, who held a meeting at the White House on Monday, also “called on all nations to resolve territorial and maritime disputes peacefully and in accordance with international law,” the statement said.

On the issue of North Korea, Trump and Modi called North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile programmes a “grave threat” to global peace, the White House said in a statement.

Trump and Modi pledged to work together to counter North Korea’s “weapons of mass destruction” programmes and vowed to hold “all parties” that support these programs accountable, the White House statement said.

Modi is in the US for his first meeting with Trump, seeking to build on growing ties between the world’s two largest democracies and move beyond disagreements over climate change.