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Sujit Chatterjee in Vientiane
Concerned over the growing threats posed by international terrorism, India and Laos on Thursday agreed to cooperate 'closely' in the fight against the menace, stressing that all countries in the United Nations must implement the obligations of its resolution passed after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States.
"Both sides agreed that there can be no justification for terrorism on any ground -- political, ideological, religious or any other," a joint statement issued after the wide-ranging talks between visiting Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his Laotian counterpart Bounnhang Vorachit.
Vajpayee, who arrived on a two-day visit to Laos, a member of the ten-nation Association of South East Asian Nations, condemned with Vorachit 'all forms of sponsorship and support to international terrorism, including the recent terrorist attack in Bali, Indonesia, and in Moscow'.
The two prime ministers stressed the need for a comprehensive effort by the international community to rid the world of the scourge.
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