India, Indonesia condemn 'selective approaches' in dealing with terrorism

India and Indonesia on Thursday "unequivocally" condemned terrorism and the "selective approaches" in dealing with the global menace as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi here.

Jaishankar is on a September 4-6 visit to Indonesia, his first to a South East Asian country.

During the talks, the two countries also affirmed their shared interests in the territorial integrity and unity.

"As democracies, who both confront the menace of terrorism, in our meeting today, we unequivocally reiterated our strongest condemnation of terrorism in all forms and manifestations," Jaishankar said in a press statement.

"We expressed our strongest opposition to any selective approaches in dealing with this global menace," he said.

India, during the meeting, called upon all countries "to stop providing state sponsorship to terrorism and to prevent their territories from being used for establishing terrorist safe havens."