Singapore: Asserting that the recent Bali blast in Indonesia had brought home the reality of international terrorism and the urgency of fighting it, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on February 4 said India expected the global community to "ostracise" those nations which flouted UN resolutions on terrorism and not render any help to them.

"There should be a conscious approach by the world community to see that those who violate UN resolutions on terrorism, they are not given assistance by any country. They should be ostracised. This is what India expects from the world," he said in reply to a question after delivering a lecture on 'New Approaches to Security and Development' in Singapore.

Advani said there was "a well-grounded apprehension" that South East Asia could have been chosen as the "new theatre for the spread of 'jihadi' extremism".

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Emphasising that there was still a disconnect between the kind of instruments for dealing with terrorism, he stressed the need for formulating and implementing an integrated and co-operative approach to security.

"We have proposed a draft for a comprehensive resolution for combating terrorism in the United Nations and felt that its adoption now will be timely," Advani said.

"We need to enforce compliance by states known to be sponsoring, sheltering, funding, arming and training terrorists," the Deputy Prime Minister said without referring to Pakistan.

He said there was an emerging regional consensus and support for joint action to fight terrorist activities and added that "we need to work towards enhanced anti- terrorism co-operation including intelligence sharing and border controls".

"A beginning in this direction has been made, but more needs to be done," Advani said and referred to the anti-terrorism treaties and joint working groups being set up between India and other nations.

The Deputy Prime Minister earlier had a meeting with Singaporean Trade and Industry Minister George Yong Boon Yeo, who was also present at the lecture organised by the Institute for South East Asian Studies.

PTI