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Asserting that it was time for the Asia-Pacific countries to jointly confront terrorism, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Tuesday committed India's partnership to the region on security issues.
He also said that the entire region had a stake in protecting common commercial lanes, combating piracy, choking off narcotics trade and curbing gun running.
"We have to confront terrorism, which neither respects power, nor heeds side. Even Singapore's discipline and orderly society discovered this recently," he said, addressing The Annual Singapore Lecture 2002.
"We need to tackle this (menace) jointly in a determined manner, through exchange of experience, information and intelligence," Vajpayee said.
Singapore has been hit by the activities of the Jema Islamia, a fundamentalist organisation, which has been operating in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and parts of Thailand.
PTI
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