New Delhi: India is among more than 60 countries invited by the United States to attend a ministerial meeting in Washington next week on what the Trump administration describes as the “resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism,” according to a report by The Washington Post.Citing invitation documents it reviewed, the newspaper reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited senior ministers from over 60 countries to the July 16 meeting, which is intended to strengthen international cooperation against what the administration considers an emerging transnational security threat.According to the report, the invitation list includes several Asian countries, among them India, Indonesia and Singapore, alongside most European nations and larger Latin American countries. There was no immediate confirmation from New Delhi whether India has received and accepted the invitation or at what level it would participate.The newspaper said the proposal has been met with scepticism from some US officials, diplomats from allied countries and counterterrorism specialists, many of whom questioned the administration’s assessment of the threat.According to the Post, several European diplomats questioned both the rationale for the meeting and why their countries had been invited. Some reportedly said their foreign or interior ministers were unlikely to attend, citing the short notice and doubts over the event’s purpose. One diplomat was quoted as saying, “We don’t have antifa,” while another said there was little reason for their country to participate.The ministerial follows the Trump administration’s release in May of a new counterterrorism strategy that identifies violent secular political groups, including those associated with antifa, as a priority alongside other terrorist threats. The strategy was unveiled after President Donald Trump issued an executive order last year describing antifa as a “domestic terrorist organisation,” a designation that legal experts have said carries no formal status under US law.State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott defending the initiative, told The Post that far-left terrorism is “an old threat re-emerging with strong transnational links and new convergences” and that greater international cooperation is needed to address it.Counterterrorism experts quoted by Washington-based newspaper, however, argued that the administration’s focus diverges from prevailing assessments in Europe and among many security specialists, who continue to regard right-wing violent extremism as a more significant threat.