New Delhi, India and the United Kingdom strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms, including cross-border movement of terrorists, and stressed the need to strengthen international cooperation to combat this menace in a comprehensive manner.

The challenge of terrorism and ways to deal with it were discussed prominently in the 16th meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism in Delhi on Tuesday.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said both sides shared assessments of terrorist and extremist threats in their respective areas and regions, including threats posed by globally recognized terrorist entities and individuals.

It said that India and Britain have agreed to deepen cooperation to combat terrorism.

"India and the UK strongly condemn all forms of terrorism, including cross-border movement of terrorists, stressing the need to strengthen international cooperation to combat terrorism in a comprehensive and sustained manner, in accordance with the UN Charter and international given."Law," the MEA said.

It said the two sides also exchanged views on sanctions against individual terrorists and entities as a tool to fight terrorism, as well as ways to work together in multilateral fora.

"Both countries agreed to address CT (counter-terrorism challenges: countering radicalization and violent extremism; countering the financing of terrorism; preventing the exploitation of new and emerging technologies for terrorism; law enforcement and judicial cooperation; information sharing, aviation and Exchanged views on maritime security), the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

“It was agreed to further strengthen and deepen bilateral cooperation to address these common challenges,” it said.,

The Indian delegation at the talks was led by KD Deval, Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Chris Felton, head of the UK Counter-Terrorism Network for Asia and Oceania, led the British delegation.