Asuncion: India and Paraguay have underlined the need to take firm measures against terrorism and pledged to strengthen multilateral cooperation to combat the scourge. Paraguay strongly condemned the brutal terrorist attack in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on February 14 as Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited the Latin American country and held talks with its leadership. The attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed left 40 CRPF personnel dead. Both sides agreed that terrorism and transnational organised crime constitute a serious threat to world peace and stability. 

Paraguay said that India could count on its support in the fight against terrorism and in raising concerns about threats of terrorism in the international fora. They also stressed the importance of taking firm measures against terrorism and pledged to strengthen multilateral cooperation to combat this scourge including through cooperation against terrorist threats from groups listed in relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions and working towards early adoption of a UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.