New Delhi, June 7 -- India and the five Central Asian states on Friday condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, and in an apparent nod to Pakistan, called for the perpetrators, organisers, and sponsors of terrorist acts to be held accountable and brought to justice. The call for action against all forms of terrorism, including the provision of safe haven and using terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism, figured in a joint statement issued after a meeting between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Central Asian counterparts. Jaishankar said India is committed to expanding cooperation with the five countries in areas ranging from security to trade and regional connectivity, and would be a "trusted development partner" for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The foreign ministers "unequivocally condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgham" and reaffirmed their commitment to fight all forms of terrorism, said the joint statement issued after the India-Central Asia Dialogue chaired by Jaishankar. "They stressed that perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of terrorist acts must be held accountable and brought to justice," the joint statement said. The foreign ministers said that "providing safe haven, using terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism, terror financing, arms and drugs trafficking, dissemination of a radical ideology and abuse of cyber space to spread disinformation and incite violence, goes against the basic principles of.international relations". India and the Central Asian states will strengthen cooperation on UN-led global counter-terrorism efforts and implement relevant UN Security Council resolutions, the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the joint statement said. They also called for early adoption of the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism and regular consultations between the National Security Councils of India and the Central Asian states to strengthen counter-terrorism efforts. India had carried out targeted strikes on terrorist infrastructure in territories controlled by Pakistan on May 7 in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack of April 22 that killed 26 civilians. This triggered four days of intense military clashes that ended with an understanding between the two sides on May 10 to halt military actions....