Amit Shah Calls for Regional Cooperation Among BIMSTEC Nations to Combat Terrorism and Organised Crime

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, urging member nations — Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand — to strengthen cooperation in counterterrorism, intelligence sharing, narcotics control, and mutual legal assistance to enhance collective regional security.

Speaking at a BIMSTEC session on Tuesday, Home Minister Amit Shah urged member states to strengthen joint efforts against terrorism — including dismantling the funding channels that sustain militant activity and ensuring the region does not become a base of operations for armed groups. Shah's address centred on a collective pledge to block armed networks from gaining any presence within member states — denying them refuge, operational infrastructure, training grounds, logistical support, or corridors for attacks directed at neighbouring members. Holding offenders to account across borders, he contended, requires member states to pull in the same direction — acting on extradition requests from one another and providing legal assistance within the limits that domestic law and any applicable binding agreements allow. Combating terrorism and disrupting organised crime featured among the areas the minister put forward as joint priorities, with discussions covering faster exchange of intelligence through existing nodal bodies and closer coordination on choking off the financial networks that fund such activity. Sharing verified, operationally relevant intelligence on those involved in terrorism — covering their networks, sources of financing, and cross-border movements — would strengthen collaborative security work, he contended.

Amit Shah Calls for Regional Cooperation Among BIMSTEC Nations to Combat Terrorism and Organised Crime

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