Terrorism echoes in talks between EAM, Dutch PM
India continues with its global campaign against terrorism as External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar announced that the issue figured in talks between him and Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Tuesday.
This is Jaishankar’s first foreign tour after the April 22 Pahalgam massacre in which 26 civilians were killed by terrorists. India subsequently launched Operation Sindoor to dismantle the terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
The minister visited the Netherlands within a month of his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp’s visit to India in April, which was aimed at driving cooperation in areas ranging from trade to defence and green technologies.
“Delighted to call on PM Dick Schoof today in The Hague. Conveyed the warm greetings of PM Narendra Modi and thanked him for the Netherlands’ firm and resolute stance against terrorism,” Jaishankar said in a post on X.
The official communique from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that in his meeting with Schoof, Jaishankar “conveyed India's appreciation for the statement of solidarity from the Netherlands in the fight against terrorism”. Both sides expressed satisfaction at the growing strategic convergences in the India-Netherlands relationship, and agreed to further strengthen bilateral ties through regular high-level visits and exchanges, it said.
Jaishankar, in his meeting with Veldkamp, reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation and regional and global matters of mutual interest, the statement said. Both the ministers expressed satisfaction over the progress in diverse sectors, including trade, economy, science and technology, water, agriculture, health, education, culture and people-to-people ties. They also discussed ways of increasing collaboration in new and emerging sectors of digital technology, semiconductors, AI and green hydrogen, it said.
