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India, China share converging views on terror at Afghan meet

Beijing: India and China today shared their converging views on terrorism while highlighting mutual concerns over resurgence of terror groups in the backdrop of the US' troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The two countries with shared

PTI Published : Oct 31, 2014 20:56 IST, Updated : Oct 31, 2014 21:01 IST

Asked about possibilities of intelligence sharing over various terror groups which have common linkages, he said “these things will evolve over a period of time. At this moment to say anything will not be correct”.  China blames East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an al-Qaeda-backed militant group for the violence in Xinjiang which ironically has its training bases in Pakistan's tribal area.

Similarly, officials say a number of India-linked militant groups in Pakistan have their common linkages with al-Qaeda and Taliban.

To a question about the issue of cross border infiltration, Singh said “We have shared concerns. How the shared concern goes in future, let us wait and see”. Asked what he meant by the shared concern, Singh said that the apprehension was that the region may fall back into what it was.

“Obviously, China is concerned that peace and development must prevail in Afghanistan, same as we think,” he said.  He said in his brief meeting Wang did not mention ETIM. “All he shared was his view of terrorism. I do not know what he is thinking,” he said.

Asked about India's assessment of Afghanistan, Singh said “We have welcomed the national unity government because it brings certain amount of stability. We hope it would be able to bring about better administration and take help from the processes the world has placed out there whether financial or otherwise for betterment of Afghanistan”.  

India has so far contributed about USD 1.4 billion for various projects in Afghanistan which included highways, dams as well as construction of the Afghan parliament building. China today pledged to provide non-reimbursable assistance of USD 81.43 million to Afghanistan this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said addressing the conference. Beijing will also provide non-reimbursable assistance of about USD 244 million over the coming three years to Afghanistan, he said.

China will also help the country train 3,000 Afghans in the next five years and provide 500 scholarships, Li said.

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