Parrikar says terrorism a 'serious threat', calls for collective action

The theme of the Asian Security Conference this year is "Combating Terrorism: Evolving an Asian Response".

New Delhi, March 6: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday called on Asian countries for action against terrorism, describing it as the "most pervasive and serious threat".

"Terrorism remains the most pervasive and serious challenge to global security while threat of terror is transnational. Terrorism is undoubtedly the single biggest threat to international peace and security. The response doesn't seem so," Parrikar said. "A collective action should come from Asia," he added.

He was speaking at the 19th Asian Security Conference being held here at the Institute of Defence and Studies and Analyses. Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Afghanistan NSA too spoke at the event and said, "We share the region with Pakistan, which has the highest concentration of terrorists anywhere."

The theme of the conference this year is "Combating Terrorism: Evolving an Asian Response".

IANS