Offer to Central Asia: Fully-funded skill programmes against terrorism
capacity-building mechanisms to Central Asian states to counter terror and, without naming the BRI, called for ensuring connectivity initiatives that are consultative, transparent and participatory in nature.
Doval also proposed to set up an India-Central Asia Rare Earths Forum for possible partnerships in the domain of rare earth and strategic minerals. This will also facilitate the participation of Indian private companies in this region for investments and joint economic development.
Terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations, continues to constitute one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.
Any act of terrorism, regardless of its motivation or cause, is unjustifiable, Doval is understood to have said. He was addressing the second meeting of the India-Central Asia National Security Advisers of the Security Councils in Kazakhstan.
The first India-Central Asia Meeting of National Security Advisers/Secretaries of Security Councils was held on December 6, 2022, in New Delhi.
