New Delhi: Israel on September 10 said an "unwritten and abstract" axis with India and the United States has been created to combat international terrorism and make the world a more secure place for all.

"There is mutual interest of the three countries in making the world a more secure place for all of us. There is American support for development of this unwritten axis," visiting Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Yosef Lapid told reporters.

Replying to questions on the issue, he, however, said that there was "no formal triangular agreement" on such an axis among the US, India and Israel but "in the abstract sense, we are creating such an axis".

In this regard, Lapid also referred to the recent remarks by a US State Department spokesman voicing the hope that Indo-Israel relations would flourish.

PTI