The senior official performing the duties of US Deputy Secretary Kristie Canegallo and Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla met in New Delhi to co-chair the India-US Homeland Security Dialogue.
The India-US Homeland Security Dialogue deepened the strategic partnership between Washington, DC and New Delhi on points starting from counternarcotics cooperation and customs-to-customs collaboration to combating terrorism and cybercrime and addressing irregular migration, an official readout from US Homeland Security stated.
From February 27 to February 29, the senior official performing the duties of US Deputy Secretary Kristie Canegallo and Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla met in New Delhi to co-chair the India-US Homeland Security Dialogue.
During the assembly, the leaders reaffirmed the dedication of the United States and India to strengthen entry to lawful immigration pathways whereas implementing immigration legislation to incorporate returns of people who shouldn’t have a authorized foundation to stay within the United States.
They additionally agreed to work collectively to increase legislation enforcement cooperation to focus on smugglers who prey on and revenue from weak migrants, it added.
The Homeland Security Dialogue acknowledged the work of the US-India Counternarcotics Working Group, which guides our joint efforts to handle drug regulatory points, legislation enforcement cooperation and collaboration, coordination in multilateral boards, and drug demand discount efforts.
The leaders reaffirmed the necessity to deepen info sharing efforts to stop diversion of prescribed drugs and different chemical compounds of concern used as precursors for illicit fentanyl and different illicit artificial medication.
At the conclusion of the dialogue, the leaders signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to increase legislation enforcement collaboration between the United States and India.
The new memorandum between the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centres and India’s National Police Academy institutionalises police coaching cooperation between our governments via the sharing of finest practices and joint programming, in response to the readout.
The Department of Homeland Security additionally stated that it appears ahead to constructing upon these productive discussions and commitments as we proceed working to strengthen our partnership with India to additional our shared safety pursuits.
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