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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump’s joint statement on Pakistan and the proliferation of terrorism on its soil has been taken in bad taste by the government in Islamabad.
“We consider Pakistan’s specific reference in the Indo-US joint statement to be one-sided, misleading and contrary to diplomatic norms,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Friday.
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What did the joint statement say?
In a big win for India, the US has approved the extradition of the 26/11 attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana.
Trump, addressing a joint media briefing with Modi, announced that his administration has approved the extradition of one of the “very evil people” of the world to India.
“He is going to be going back to India to face justice,” he said. “We’re giving him back to India immediately” and more such extraditions could follow as we have quite a few requests (from New Delhi), the US president added.
A joint statement said the two leaders committed to strengthening cooperation against terrorist threats from groups, including Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Jaish-e Mohammad, and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba to prevent heinous acts like the Mumbai attacks.
The joint statement said, “They committed to strengthen cooperation against terrorist threats from groups, including Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Jaish-e Mohammad, and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba in order to prevent heinous acts like the attacks in Mumbai on 26/11 and the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021.”
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More Shorts“The leaders further called on Pakistan to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai, and Pathankot attacks and ensure that its territory is not used to carry out cross-border terrorist attacks,” it added.
With inputs from PTI
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