Brazil & South Africa join India to seek action against Pakistan-based LeT, JeM

NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar was joined by his Brazilian and South African counterparts, Mauro Vieira and Ronald Lamola, in condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever committed and by whomsoever, and in seeking concerted action against Pakistan-based terror groups like LeT and JeM .

Without naming China or Pakistan , the ministers also called for avoiding "double standards" in the proceedings of UNSC sanctions committees. All three countries are member states of the Brics grouping which Pakistan wants to join.

In a media statement on the margins of the ongoing UNGA session, the IBSA forum, comprising India, Brazil and South Africa , concurred after the meeting that terrorism is a global scourge that must be fought and that terrorist safe havens are eliminated in every part of the world.

The ministers recalled the responsibility of all states to prevent and counter terrorism, including cross-border movement of terrorists, financing of terrorist networks and terrorist actions from their territories.

"They reaffirmed that the fight against terrorism must be carried out with full respect for international law, in particular the Charter of the United Nations and international human rights law. They called upon the international community to establish a genuinely broad international counter-terrorism framework in accordance with the principles of international law and support the UN's central coordinating role in international counter-terrorism cooperation," said the statement.