Ensure terror does not find haven: Amit Shah at Bimstec meet
Home Minister Amit Shah urged BIMSTEC nations to collaborate on regional security, specifically targeting terrorism, drug trafficking, and cybercrime. The meeting concluded with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration to strengthen collective security and cooperation.
Why it matters
Regional security cooperation is essential for stability in the Bay of Bengal, especially as transnational crime networks expand.
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah Tuesday said the shared resolve of Bimstec nations - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand - should be to ensure terrorist networks are not allowed to find safe havens, recruit members, provide training, raise terror funds or carry out activities against neighbouring countries from any part of the Bay of Bengal region.Addressing the first Bimstec home ministers' conference - which concluded in Delhi with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration that reaffirms shared commitment of member countries to strengthening regional security, trust and cooperation in the Bay of Bengal region by responding to shared challenges such as terrorism, violent extremism, drug-trafficking, organised crime, cybercrimes, money laundering, terror financing and smuggling of arms "in the spirit of cooperation and shared responsibility" - Shah said Bimstec is not just a regional organisation but "has become an essential platform for regional integration, economic cooperation…
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