New Delhi, May 22 -- India and Cyprus have joined forces to demand global accountability for cross-border terror networks, issuing an uncompromising condemnation of modern asymmetric warfare while seeking an accelerated global framework to neutralise safe havens.

Briefing the media on the visit, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Sibi George, said that during high-level deliberations between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides, the two nations adopted an unyielding posture against state-sponsored militancy.

"Both leaders categorically and unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism," George stated, adding that "Cyp...