Overview

• India and the EU held the 15th Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism in Brussels on September 9, condemning cross-border terrorism and the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
• Both sides exchanged domestic, regional and global threat assessments and highlighted work through the UN, the Global Counterterrorism Forum and the Financial Action Task Force.
• The 17th India–France counter-terrorism working group met in Paris on September 11, denounced the Pahalgam killings and reviewed state-sponsored cross-border threats, regional activity and the misuse of emerging technologies.
• Practical priorities included countering terror financing, curbing online radicalization, exchanges on terrorist designations, intelligence sharing, and capacity building through training and joint exercises.
• The EU and France each agreed to convene the next working group meetings in New Delhi, with reporting noting 26 civilians were killed in Pahalgam and some accounts citing discussions of weaponised drones and encrypted platforms.