Afghanistan, counter-terrorism dominate RIC meeting

November 11, 2013 09:12

Terming the situation in Afghanistan as the "greatest concern" for the region, India, along with Russia and China, has demanded "additional measures" from the international community to prevent escalating threats in the war-torn country while agreeing to enhance counter-terrorism cooperation.

Sharing the assessment of developments in Afghanistan, the foreign ministers of RIC (Russia-India-China), in their third stand alone meeting, stressed on enhanced efforts to help Afghanistan deal with the crucial transition it was going through in the face of complete NATO combat troop withdrawal by next year.

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