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India shakes hand with Australia to take on Terror as two countries agree to share intelligence
Published September 4, 2015 | By admin
SOURCE: DAILYMAIL
With terror groups like ISIS using the cyber space for radicalising and recruiting youths, India and Australia have decided to share intelligence and cooperate in monitoring the online space to combat the terror threat in the virtual world. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval discussed the threat of online radicalisaition with Australian Defence Minister Kevin Andrews.
Underlying that Australia faces a real threat from fighters returning from Iraq and Syria, Andrews said, there is growing threat of online radicalisation, an issue which he discussed with Doval.
“Youngsters who get radicalised online through the computers while sitting in their bedrooms will not necessarily belong to any group,” he said.
Citing a recent such case in Australia, Andrews said: “This is a growing threat that all countries are facing. India is facing it as well as Australia.”
At a joint working group on terror last week, India shared details of Adil Fayaz Wada, an Indian youth from Jammu and Kashmir, who was based in Australia and joined ISIS.
Asserting that no country should export militancy the minister called for deeper counter- terrorism cooperation with India about the need to improve bilateral defence ties.
Australia has also offered India its Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle, used by the Australian army in Afghanistan, to counter the threat of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) besides radio signal jamming devices for the same.
Andrews, who has pitched for greater defence cooperation in the Indian Ocean region, said he held detailed discussions with the Indian leadership including his counterpart Manohar Parrikar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Ajit Doval.
Talking about the issue of terrorism, he said: “As a matter of principle, we would say that no country should export terrorism to another country around the world…the export of terrorism is something that we are opposed to… Terrorists have to be dealt with at its roots, at its grounds rather than try and deal with it when it reaches a country.”
He was replying to a question on Pakistan-sponsored terror attacks in India. Andrews, however, made it clear that he was speaking on a matter of principle and not on any domestic issue of India.
Talking to a select group of journalists here, Andrews said: “Over a period of time, India and Australia will see more of bilateral navy, air force and army exercises. We see more cooperation in things like cyber, potential intelligence sharing, counter-terrorism (in future).”
A delegation of Australian anti-terrorism experts had visited India recently to firm up concrete structures of cooperation.
Published September 4, 2015 | By admin
SOURCE: DAILYMAIL
With terror groups like ISIS using the cyber space for radicalising and recruiting youths, India and Australia have decided to share intelligence and cooperate in monitoring the online space to combat the terror threat in the virtual world. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval discussed the threat of online radicalisaition with Australian Defence Minister Kevin Andrews.
Underlying that Australia faces a real threat from fighters returning from Iraq and Syria, Andrews said, there is growing threat of online radicalisation, an issue which he discussed with Doval.
“Youngsters who get radicalised online through the computers while sitting in their bedrooms will not necessarily belong to any group,” he said.
Citing a recent such case in Australia, Andrews said: “This is a growing threat that all countries are facing. India is facing it as well as Australia.”
At a joint working group on terror last week, India shared details of Adil Fayaz Wada, an Indian youth from Jammu and Kashmir, who was based in Australia and joined ISIS.
Asserting that no country should export militancy the minister called for deeper counter- terrorism cooperation with India about the need to improve bilateral defence ties.
Australia has also offered India its Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle, used by the Australian army in Afghanistan, to counter the threat of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) besides radio signal jamming devices for the same.
Andrews, who has pitched for greater defence cooperation in the Indian Ocean region, said he held detailed discussions with the Indian leadership including his counterpart Manohar Parrikar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Ajit Doval.
Talking about the issue of terrorism, he said: “As a matter of principle, we would say that no country should export terrorism to another country around the world…the export of terrorism is something that we are opposed to… Terrorists have to be dealt with at its roots, at its grounds rather than try and deal with it when it reaches a country.”
He was replying to a question on Pakistan-sponsored terror attacks in India. Andrews, however, made it clear that he was speaking on a matter of principle and not on any domestic issue of India.
Talking to a select group of journalists here, Andrews said: “Over a period of time, India and Australia will see more of bilateral navy, air force and army exercises. We see more cooperation in things like cyber, potential intelligence sharing, counter-terrorism (in future).”
A delegation of Australian anti-terrorism experts had visited India recently to firm up concrete structures of cooperation.
