Washington, Jul 2: The Quad grouping has called for bringing the perpetrators, organisers and financiers of the Pahalgam terror attack to justice without any delay and urged UN member nations to extend cooperation for it.
The foreign ministers of the four-nation grouping met in the US capital on Tuesday to firm up a broad agenda for the bloc’s annual summit in India later this year.
The Quad condemned the April 22 attack in the strongest terms and strongly pitched for action against cross-border terrorism.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers, however, did not mention Pakistan or the four-day military conflict between the Indian and Pakistani militaries in May.
The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and extend our heartfelt wishes for a swift and full recovery to all those injured,” they said.
“We call for the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of this reprehensible act to be brought to justice without any delay and urge all UN Member States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant UN Security Council Resolutions, to cooperate actively with all relevant authorities in this regard,” they added.
