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Need all-out push on terror: RIC
Context
Agreeing to uphold the rule of law in international affairs, Russia, India and China commended the victory of the Moscow-led counter-terrorism operation in Syria.
Syrian-led, Syrian-owned
- After the 15th trilateral meeting of the three Foreign Ministers held here under the RIC grouping, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Chinese and Russian counterparts Wang Yi and Sergey Lavrov urged for “Syrian-led, Syrian-owned” solution to the conflict and highlighted the need for dialogue to deal with the global “hotspots” such as North Korea and Ukraine.
- The trilateral meeting also came out with a post-conflict plan for Syria.
No Pakistan
The statement however did not name Pakistan-based terror groups and individuals like Hafiz Saeed of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Masood Azhar of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) even as Mr. Lavrov indicated that a re-evaluation of Pakistan’s role in the war on terror was under way
