New Delhi, June 19 -- India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism, during the 13th ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crimes (SOMTC).

According to a release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday, the meeting, which was held in virtual mode on June 17, was co-chaired by Vinod Bahade, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism) in the MEA, from the Indian side, and Nestor B Sanares, Under Secretary for Peace and Order, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Philippines, representing the ASEAN side.

Both sides strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and specif...