The 2nd edition of India and Italy Joint Working Group on counter terrorism was held in New Delhi

The 2nd Meeting of India-Italy Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorismwas held in New Delhi, India on 17 June 2019. 
The meeting was co-chaired by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry of External Affairs and Diego Brasioli, Principal Director for Security, Disarmament and non- Proliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Italy. 
The next meeting of the Joint Working Group will be held in Italy.

Objectives:
The joint working group discussed threats posed by terrorist entities globally and in their respective regions including cross border terrorism. 
The discussion included:
♦ Views on current counterterrorism challenges including countering radicalization, terror financing and misuse of internet for terrorist purposes
♦ threats arising from transnational crimes and money laundering
♦ deliberated upon measures to deepen bilateral cooperation for countering terrorism and transnational crimes through regular exchange of information, mutual capacity building efforts, sharing of best practices and mutual legal assistance
♦ the Cooperation in multilateral fora