india and canada pulled the visit by justin trudeau back from the brink friday by issuing one of the most strongly worded joint statement on terrorism in recent times titled framework for cooperation between india and canada on countering terrorism and violent extremism the joint document did not just call for action specifically against crossborder and state sponsored terrorism but also namechecked pakistan based groups like let and jaish perhaps even more significant for india was the mention of babbar khalsa and international sikh youth federation isyf which were clubbed together with not just let jaish but also other more highprofile international terror groups like al qaida isis and the haqqani network in the same statement this is the first time that canada has agreed to a mention of sikh terror groups in a joint document with indiathe statement which followed pm narendra modis meeting with trudeau came a day after a canadian dinner invite to a member of the same isyf jaspal atwal threatened to derail trudeaus visit the 2 leaders also took stock of bilateral ties with focus on enhancing business and energy ties india and canada also signed 6 agreements including one for a ministerial dialogue on energyofficial sources revealed that modi also gifted a copy of his book exam warriors to trudeaus three kidsthe mention of crossborder terrorism is significant also because the leaders of some of the banned sikh groups like babbar khalsa and isyf are said to be living in pakistan isyf leader lakhbir singh rode is among the sikh militants said to be living in lahorethey committed to work together to neutralize the threats emanating from terrorist groups such as al qaida isis the haqqani network let jem babbar khalsa international and the international sikh youth federation said the statementofficial sources here said that modi had strongly taken up the issue of sikh extremism which successive canadian governments have been accused of being soft on with trudeau speaking after the meeting modi said that first and foremost the two countries had agreed to strengthen security cooperation as terrorism and extremism posed threats to democratic and diverse societies like canada and indiareligion should not be used for political purposes and those who seek to divide should not find a place anywhere those who challenge the unity and sovereignty of india and canada will not be tolerated said modithey recognized the urgent imperative to disrupt recruitment terrorist movements and the flow of foreign terrorist fighters address the threat posed by crossborder and statesponsored terrorism stop sources of terrorist financing dismantle terrorist infrastructure and prevent supply of arms to terrorists and counter violent extremism and radicalization to violence said the framework which consists of institutionalized cooperation between the national security council secretariat of india and the office of canadas national security and intelligence advisorin a separate joint statement the two countries focused on other areas of cooperation including civil nuclear energy the leaders welcomed the continuation of uranium exports from canada for peaceful use of civil