The Heart of Asia Declaration in Amritsar recognised terrorism as the biggest threat to peace and demanded immediate end to it. It called for concerted regional and international cooperation to ensure elimination of terrorism in all its forms. The declaration mentions high level of violence in Afghanistan caused by Taliban and other terrorist groups including ISIL/DAISHand its affiliates Let, JeM etc and demanded immediate end to their financing and support.
“We strongly call for concerted regional and international coop to ensure elimination of terrorism in all its forms, including dismantling of terrorist safe havens in HoA region, as well as disrupting all financial & logistical support for terrorism,” reads the declaration.
“We encourage early finalization of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism with consensus. We recognize the necessity of taking serious measures to address recruitment of youth to extremist &terrorist networks. We realise radicalisation of youth can only be prevented by effective de-radicalisation strategies involving all HoA countries.”
The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process was launched in 2011 and the participating countries include Pakistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates. The platform was floated to encourage security, political and economic cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbours
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