G20 leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said today that all terrorist shelters should be wiped out everywhere in the world.
In a joint statement on combating terrorism on the first day of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, they resolved to facilitate rapid and specific exchanges of information between intelligence authorities, police and judicial authorities on the exchange of operational information, preventive measures and Criminal justice response.
“We will work to improve the international information architecture in the areas of security, travel and migration, including INTERPOL, ensuring the necessary balance between security and data protection,” they said in a statement. Declaration of 21 points.
G-20 nations said border agencies will strengthen cooperation to detect terrorist travel, including the identification of priority transit and destination countries for terrorists.
“We will closely address evolving threats and potential vulnerabilities in aviation security systems and exchange information on risk assessments,” the statement said.
The G20 leaders reiterated their willingness to make the international financial system totally hostile to the financing of terrorism and to deepen the exchange of information, including working with the private sector.
“We call for strengthened measures against the funding of international terrorist organizations, in particular ISIL / ISIS / Daesh, Al Qaida and its affiliates,” the statement said.
Stressing that there should be no “safe spaces” for terrorist financing anywhere in the world, the G20 countries expressed their commitment to intensify capacity-building and technical assistance, especially in relation to terrorist financing foci.
“We will advance in the effective implementation of international standards on transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons and legal arrangements in order to counter the financing of terrorism,” he added.
According to the statement, low-cost attacks by small cells and people financed with small amounts of money transferred through a wide range of means of payment are a growing challenge.
“We call upon countries to address all alternative sources of terrorist financing, including the dismantling of connections, wherever they exist, between terrorism and transnational organized crime,” he said.
In addition, leaders said they stressed the importance of providing adequate support to victims of terrorist acts and improved cooperation and exchange of best practices for this purpose.
Earlier, Modi had issued a strong message against terrorist activities and called for a concerted global campaign against countries that support nations that support terrorism for their own political goals.
