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NSA Ajit Doval with French Defence Minister Florence Parly. (Photo Credit – Twitter/Emmanuel Lenain). Image Credit: ANI French Defence Minister Florence Parly met India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday with the meeting showing “great convergence of views on major regional security issues”. The meeting also reflected a shared will to coordinate closely on counterterrorism and the situation in Afghanistan, said Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France in India. “Minister @florence_parly’s meeting with NSA Ajit Doval showed great convergence of views on major regional security issues and a shared will to coordinate closely on counterterrorism and the situation in Afghanistan,” Emmanuel Lenain said in a tweet. Parly is on a two-day visit to India. Earlier in the day, she met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and held the third Annual Defence Dialogue between India and France. The ministers reviewed the existing military-to-military cooperation, which has increased ...

He was speaking on the role of Ulema in fostering interfaith peace and social harmony in India and Indonesia. “In a democracy, there is no place for hate speech, prejudice, propaganda, demonization, violence, conflict and misuse of religion for narrow ends,” the NSA said. He said that the Ulema have a pivotal role to play. They have a leading role in educating the people on the original tolerant and moderate principles of Islam and countering radicalization and extremism with progressive ideas and thought. “Our youth should receive special attention towards this end. They are often the primary target of radicalization, but if their energies are nurtured in the right direction, they can emerge as harbingers of change and building blocks of progress in any society,” he said. The day-long event where ulema will participate in three closed sessions on the themes ‘Islam: Continuity and change’, ‘Harmonising interfaith society’ and ‘Countering radicalisation and extremism in Ind...