All-party delegation arrives in U.K. to convey India's policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism
The Hindu
Indian all-party delegation led by Ravi Shankar Prasad visits London to discuss terrorism and engage with diaspora groups.
An all-party delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has reached London to reiterate India's zero-tolerance stance on terrorism.
The multi-party delegation, comprising MPs Daggubati Purandeswari, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Ghulam Ali Khatana, Amar Singh, Samik Bhattacharya, M Thambidurai and former Union minister of state MJ Akbar and Ambassador Pankaj Saran, is scheduled to meet with community groups, think tanks, parliamentarians and diaspora leaders.
"The All Party Delegation of MPs led by Ravi Shankar Prasad arrived in London (Saturday) evening and was received by High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami," the Indian High Commission in the U.K. said in a post on X.
During their three-day visit to the U.K., the delegation will be engaging with House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, U.K. Foreign Office Minister for Indo-Pacific Catherine West, parliamentarians, think tanks and Indian diaspora representatives, the High Commission said.
The Prasad-led delegation is on a tour of six European countries as part of India’s diplomatic outreach following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives. The delegation arrived here after concluding its visits to France, Italy and Denmark over the past week.
In Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, the delegation interacted with Danish parliamentarians, foreign affairs officials and Indian diaspora groups.
"The delegation emphasised on India's zero-tolerance towards terrorism and stance that any act of violence would be responded to befittingly. India's appreciation of Denmark's public stance condemning the Pahalgam terrorist attack and the expression of solidarity with India was conveyed to the Danish side during the meetings," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement earlier.
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