India and Indonesia have unequivocally and strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and reaffirmed a policy of zero tolerance towards it, at the seventh meeting of their Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism held in New Delhi on November 12, 2026, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.

Source: MEA statement via Envoy Excellency

The meeting was co-chaired by Dr Suhel Ajaz Khan, Additional Secretary (Counter Terrorism) in the MEA, and Dionnisius Elvan Swasono, Deputy for International Cooperation at Indonesia's National Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT), according to the MEA.

Both sides called for decisive and concerted international efforts to combat terrorism in a comprehensive and sustained manner, and exchanged views on the domestic, regional and global terrorism landscape and threat assessments, including cross-border terrorism.

The discussions also covered radicalisation and violent extremism, the financing of terrorism, the misuse of the internet and new technologies for terrorist purposes, and the links between organised crime and terrorism, Daily Kiran reported.

Source: Daily Kiran

Cooperation at the UN, ASEAN, BRICS and FATF

The two sides emphasised the need to strengthen international cooperation against terrorism and reaffirmed their commitment to working together in multilateral fora, including the United Nations, ASEAN, BRICS and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the MEA statement said.

Counter-terrorism cooperation remains an important element of the India-Indonesia comprehensive strategic partnership, both sides noted. The Indonesian delegation was also scheduled to visit the headquarters of the National Security Guard (NSG) on November 13 to discuss bilateral capacity-building measures.

The two sides agreed to hold the next meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism in Jakarta on a mutually convenient date.