In Egypt, MPs win strong backing on cross-border terror

The Indian MPs' delegation, led by Supriya Sule, have held brainstorming sessions with key stakeholders, including Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdellaty on Pakistan-based terror infrastructure and measures to expand bilateral counter-terror cooperation.

Foreign Minister Abdelatty reiterated Egypt's full solidarity with India and welcomed deeper bilateral collaboration on counter-terrorism, officials informed.

In Cairo, the delegation also met with Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary general of the League of Arab States, to discuss India's broad-based political, economic, and cultural engagement with the Arab world. Both sides "emphasised the priority accorded to countering terrorism and the need for sustained multilateral cooperation in this regard."

The delegation also met former Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. It is understood that the Egyptian side sensitised India about the trans-boundary water sharing issue in Eastern Africa and about the Gaza situation.

Cairo has been categorical in condemning the Pahalgam terror attack and had backed India's action against terror infrastructure. Egypt, one of key players in the Arab world, has been working with Indonesia-Egypt-Kazakhstan-Bahrain to blunt Pakistani narrative in OIC.

Meanwhile, Indian MPs, led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde, who visited the Western African state of Liberia (which will enter UNSC as a non-permanent member) received strong support on countering cross-border terror.

"In a gesture of solidarity," Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence, President Pro-Tempore of the Senate, and Richard Nagbe Koon, Speaker of the House of Representatives, led the parliamentarians in observing a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, an Indian embassy release said.