New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Seeking to expand their strategic partnership, India and Germany Tuesday discussed the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan and resolved to fight terrorism on all fronts.
‘We discussed the developments in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Terrorism is a serious challenge which will have to be fought on all fronts and not selectively,’ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at a joint press conference with visiitng German Chancellor Angela Markel after wide-ranging talks with her.
‘India and Germany have the same goal in Afghanistan, as an independent country with security in its hands. Afghanistan should develop an independent security architecture,’ Merkel said, adding that Germany will be hosting the next conference on Afghanistan at the end of the year.
The two sides also signed four accords to expand their cooperation in areas relating to education, research and high-tech areas like nuclear physics after talks between the two leaders. They also resolved to push reforms of the United Nations Security Council.
