New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): In a serious diplomatic confrontation concentrating on regional terror networks, India and Japan on Thursday issued a pointy, unequivocal condemnation of cross-border terrorism originating from Pakistan, demanding speedy world motion to dismantle state-supported secure havens and financing channels.
According to the joint assertion launched following the bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the 2 nations took a agency, unified stand in opposition to the rising risk of terrorism in South Asia.
They condemned within the strongest phrases the horrific April 22, 2025 terrorist assault on vacationers in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, being attentive to the United Nations Security Council Monitoring Team Report that implicated The Resistance Front (TRF).
The leaders additionally explicitly condemned the lethal November 10, 2025, automotive bombing close to the Red Fort in Delhi, demanding that the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of those reprehensible acts be delivered to justice directly.
Moving previous rhetoric, the prime ministers referred to as for pressing, concerted world actions in opposition to all UN-listed terrorist entities and their proxies, particularly naming Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Al Qaeda, and ISIS.
They emphasised that the worldwide group should take resolute measures to utterly root out terrorist secure havens, disrupt the nexus between terror financing and transnational crime, and halt the cross-border motion of terrorists.
Furthermore, the 2 leaders expressed critical concern over the risky conditions within the East China Sea and the South China Sea. They voiced sturdy, specific opposition to any unilateral actions that endanger freedom of navigation and overflight, makes an attempt to vary the established order by power, or the rising militarisation of disputed options within the area.
Reaffirming that every one maritime disputes have to be resolved peacefully underneath worldwide regulation, they particularly underscored strict adherence to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
This insistence on a rules-based order anchored a broader demand for pressing multilateral reform. The prime ministers reiterated their dedication to working carefully with fellow G4 nations to speed up United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reform by increasing each everlasting and non-permanent member classes to higher replicate fashionable geopolitical realities.
Moving previous imprecise diplomatic rhetoric, they pledged to push for speedy text-based negotiations underneath the Inter-Governmental Negotiations framework to safe concrete outcomes inside a hard and fast timeframe. In a reciprocal present of belief, India and Japan endorsed one another’s candidatures for everlasting seats on a reformed council, whereas confirming mutual help for upcoming non-permanent seat bids.
The leaders additionally addressed acute safety flashpoints throughout Asia and the Middle East, demanding strict accountability for destabilising actions. They expressed grave issues over North Korea’s nuclear and missile applications, demanding full denuclearisation and urging all UN member states to strictly implement sanctions in opposition to arms transfers.
Regarding the tensions within the Middle East, the prime ministers highlighted the vital must safe free navigation by means of the Strait of Hormuz to keep up steady power provide chains, whereas calling for the implementation of a complete plan to rebuild Gaza alongside a assured two-state answer. They moreover voiced help for a long-lasting peace in Ukraine rooted within the UN Charter.
This comes as a part of Takaichi’s three-day official go to to India from July 1 to July 3 on the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, throughout which she participated within the sixteenth India-Japan Annual Summit, the place each leaders reviewed the complete spectrum of bilateral cooperation and mentioned regional and world problems with mutual curiosity.
Takaichi additionally took half within the India-Japan Business Forum alongside PM Modi. (ANI)