PM: No double standards in fight on terror

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Britain's King Charles III at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk on Thursday. The PM presented the King with a tree sapling.

- Rezaul H Laskar

India’s drive against terrorism, the activities of pro-Khalistan elements and the return of economic offenders and fugitives wanted by New Delhi figured in the talks between Modi and his British counterpart Keir Starmer, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said.

Following one-on-one and delegation-level talks with Starmer at Chequers, the British prime minister's country residence 50 km northwest of London, Modi thanked the UK for its strong condemnation of the Pahalgam terror attack.

“We are unanimous that double standards have no place in the fight against terrorism. We also agree that forces with extremist ideology cannot be allowed to misuse democratic freedoms,” Modi said at a joint media interaction, speaking in Hindi.