Terrorism: Kazakhstan stands firmly with India

NEW DELHI. January 26. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and reiterated the need for intensifying global cooperation in combating international terrorism.

Mr. Nazarbayev also assured that Kazakhstan stood firmly with India in dealing with the scourge of global terrorism. In a joint declaration issued late on Saturday night, the two sides expressed the hope that the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks would be brought to justice at the earliest. Both sides also called for early conclusion of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism within the U.N. framework. To this end the signing of the extradition treaty was seen as underlining the commitment of the governments? law enforcement agencies to develop cooperation and provide required assistance and support to each other. Mr. Nazarbayev will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations, a gesture he termed as ?the recognition of high status of friendly relations between our two nations.? Having elevated the bilateral cooperation to the level of strategic partnership, both sides have created all the conditions for further intensification of our bilateral relations in political, economic and humanitarian spheres, he added, Kazinform quotes the Hindu.