India reiterates backing to Palestine in meeting with Arab nation leaders

India and Arab League nations on Saturday laid out a shared vision for strengthening two-way ties, backing the creation of a sovereign and viable Palestinian state living side by side with Israel and underscoring the need for international relations to be guided by the UN Charter.

At the second India–Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, hosted by India and attended by representatives from 19 Arab League member countries, both sides condemned cross-border terrorism and called for collective global action to dismantle terror networks, financing and infrastructure, and to bring perpetrators to justice without delay.

A joint declaration issued after the meeting said India and the Arab League had agreed to intensify cooperation to counter terrorism in all its forms, while strongly condemning the recent terror attack in Pahalgam targeting civilians. Arab League members reaffirmed their “full and steadfast support" to India in confronting terrorism, the declaration said.