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Germany reaffirmed its beardown enactment and solidarity with India successful the combat against terrorism, Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul told an Indian parliamentary delegation that outlined New Delhi's resoluteness to not springiness successful to nuclear blackmail by Pakistan.
As the delegation visited the European country, it conveyed to German governmental and diplomatic enactment India's unwavering agreed basal for zero-tolerance for terrorism, particularly successful the aftermath of the April 22 Pahalgam panic onslaught that killed 26 people.
The delegation, led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, concluded its sojourn to Germany connected Saturday (June 7, 2025), with the Indian Embassy stating that New Delhi's steadfast and principled presumption against coercion “found resonance crossed the apical governmental leadership, decision-makers and think-tanks — reinforcing extent of the India-Germany Strategic Partnership.”
Earlier connected Friday evening, the delegation called connected Minister Wadephul, who, gathering connected his caller gathering with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, “condemned the violent onslaught successful Pahalgam and reaffirmed Germany’s beardown enactment and solidarity with India, successful the combat against terrorism,” said a station connected X by the Indian Embassy successful Berlin.
Both sides “discussed ways to further fortify & deepen multi-faceted India-Germany Strategic Partnership and reiterated their committedness to a rule-based planetary order, based connected shared antiauthoritarian values,” it added.
“We underscored the important menace coercion poses to democracy, humanity, and quality rights, and expressed sedate interest implicit Pakistan-sponsored terrorism,” MR. Prasad said connected X aft the meeting. “Emphasising the request for corporate action, we stressed that antiauthoritarian nations indispensable unite to antagonistic this menace.”
The discussions besides focused connected enhancing and deepening the multi-faceted India-Germany Strategic Partnership, built connected a shared committedness to upholding a rules-based planetary bid rooted successful antiauthoritarian values, helium added.
The delegation had earlier interacted with cardinal members of the German Bundestag (MdBs) successful complaint of overseas and information policy, specified arsenic Jurgen Hardt, Foreign Policy Spokesperson of CDU, and Tilman Kuban, arsenic good arsenic starring think-tanks successful Germany.
“They emphasised India’s connection of zero-tolerance against terrorism. The delegation conveyed that India’s effect to the Pahalgam violent onslaught had been precise, measured and non-escalatory. They besides explained India's wide presumption that determination is nary differentiation betwixt terrorists and those who assistance oregon structure them,” the Indian Embassy said.
During an enactment with leaders and cardinal representatives of the Indian assemblage successful Germany, the multi-party parliamentary delegation appreciated the enactment and solidarity shown by the Indian diaspora successful the aftermath of the Pahalgam panic attack.
“The participants observed two-minute soundlessness successful solemn representation of the victims and pledged to stay agreed against the menace of terrorism,” the Indian Embassy said successful different station connected X.
Mr. Prasad said the Indian assemblage successful Berlin displayed "immense enthusiasm, drafting inspiration from India's maturation communicative and its unwavering stance against terrorism".
"Our sojourn to Germany was highly successful, with Germany powerfully condemning terrorism. Across the six countries we visited, we received large respect and our concerns were fixed a hearing. #OperationSindoor," helium said successful an X post.
Earlier successful the day, the delegation met the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Parliament 'Bundestag', Armin Laschet, and lawmakers Ralph Brinkhaus and Hubertus Heil here.
“Grateful for today’s speech with the Indian All-Party Parliamentary Delegation. Germany and India stock a trusted partnership, particularly connected planetary security. We besides discussed the brutal 22 April violent onslaught successful Pahalgam. I’m profoundly shocked. Germany stands with India successful the combat against terrorism,” Mr. Laschet said.
“Now it’s captious the ceasefire holds and dialog continues. Peace serves america all,” helium said successful a station connected X.
The delegation "conveyed India's unwavering agreed basal for Zero Tolerance for Terrorism and outlined its resoluteness to not springiness successful to atomic blackmail. Leaders noted momentum successful India-German Strategic Partnership and associated relation successful ensuring planetary Peace and Security," the Embassy of India successful Berlin said successful a station connected X.
The delegation leaders “noted momentum successful India-German Strategic Partnership and associated relation successful ensuring planetary Peace and Security,” the Embassy of India said successful a station connected X.
The Indian squad besides held a productive enactment with Omid Nouripour, Vice President of the German Parliament, and profoundly appreciated Berlin's beardown and unequivocal enactment for India's principled basal against terrorism.
“They conveyed India’s steadfast effect to Pahalgam panic onslaught and briefed astir #OperationSindoor, reiterating the country’s zero tolerance for coercion successful each its forms and manifestations,” the India ngo said.
The delegation arrived successful Berlin connected Thursday from Belgium to convey India's stance. India's Ambassador to Germany Ajit Gupte welcomed the delegation and briefed its members connected India-Germany ties, with a absorption connected expanding strategical concern and increasing practice successful commercialized and investment, defence, S&T and mobility.
A connection from the Indian Embassy present said that the delegation interacted with elder members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) progressive successful the fields of overseas argumentation and planetary affairs and a starring think-tank successful Germany, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) connected time one.
Ending the day’s engagements, the delegation besides had an enactment with representatives from starring German think-tanks and eminent personalities astatine a reception hosted by Ambassador Gupte, the connection said.
The delegation includes MPs Daggubati Purandeswari, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Ghulam Ali Khatana, Amar Singh, Samik Bhattacharya, M Thambidurai and erstwhile curate of authorities M J Akbar and erstwhile diplomat Pankaj Saran.
In an X post, delegation subordinate Ms. Chaturvedi said that she finished the sojourn with a consciousness of restitution that "India stands together, resolute successful its combat against terrorism".
She thanked elder officials of the governments of the countries that the radical travelled for "unequivocally condemning terror".
The delegation is 1 of the 7 multi-party delegations India has tasked to sojourn 33 planetary capitals to scope retired to the planetary assemblage to emphasise Pakistan’s links to terrorism.
Tensions betwixt India and Pakistan escalated aft the Pahalgam panic attack, with India carrying retired precision strikes connected panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir connected May 7.
The on-ground hostilities from the Indian and Pakistan sides that lasted for 4 days ended with an knowing of stopping the subject actions pursuing talks betwixt the directors wide of subject operations of some sides connected May 10.
Published - June 08, 2025 07:15 americium IST
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