Quad Announces To Set Up Working Group On Counter-Terrorism

New Delhi: Quad on Friday announced the establishment of a Working Group on Counter-Terrorism to sharpen the group’s focus to combat terror.

Reportedly, the Quad countries comprising of US, Japan, Australia and India issued a joint statement in New Delhi today denouncing the use of terrorist proxies and committed to promoting accountability for terrorist attacks including the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, “which claimed lives of citizens from all Quad countries”. Heavily-armed terrorists from Pakistan struck in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, in which at least 174 people, including 26 foreign nationals, were killed and over 300 people injured.

It is pertinent to mention that the Foreign Ministers of Quad countries met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Delhi. The meeting was chaired by India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.