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Uproot terrorism, Peres tells Pak.
By Our Special Correspondent
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres, with the Union Home Minister, L.K. Advani, during a meeting at the North Block in New Delhi on Monday. - Photo: S.K. Arneja
NEW DELHI, JAN. 7. While taking note of Pakistan's recent crackdown on terrorist groups operating from its soil, the visiting Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, today said the international community would be satisfied only when all forms of terrorism were rooted out.
``In general terms, President Pervez Musharraf has already taken some action. Satisfaction will come when all forms of terrorism end,'' Mr. Peres told presspersons after meeting the Union Home Minister, L.K. Advani, at the North Block here. Referring to the menace of terrorism, Mr. Peres said the world was no longer divided between East and West, North and South. ``The new division is between countries that harbour terrorists and countries which fight terrorists,'' he said adding that terrorism was the ``greatest'' problem faced by the human civilisation. ``Whoever harbours terrorists should bring an end to it.''
Supporting India's claim for a permanent seat in the U.N. Security Council, Mr. Peres said India should be included in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) for its important role in the global fight against terrorism. Mr. Peres who arrived earlier today on a three-day visit, is to participate in the business summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry in Bangalore. He will meet the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, the External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh, and the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, tomorrow.
Mr. Peres also had a 45-minute meeting with the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi.
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