04 June 2016

News Story: India, U.S. agree to share information on terrorists

NEW DELHI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- India and the United States have agreed to share information on terrorists, said local media Friday.

Indian Home Ministry and the United States officials signed an agreement on Thursday to join the global terror database maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) of the U.S., according to media reports.

This was agreed upon by the two sides days ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to U.S. on June 7 and 8.

"An arrangement between the authorized governmental agencies of the Government of India and the Government of the United States of America for exchange of terrorist screening information was signed here today. The arrangement was signed by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and Richard Verma, Ambassador of the United States of America to India," a press statement issued by the Home Ministry said.

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