Ankara: Asserting that terrorism was unquestionably the highest priority on the international agenda, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on September 17 said that India and Turkey do not accept the "dangerous logic of root causes" as excuses for inaction against the menace.

"Both Turkey and India have been victims of terrorism well before 9/11 (terror strike against the US). We have common perspectives on this issue. We agree that there can be no double standards in identifying or fighting terrorism. We do not accept the dangerous logic of root causes as excuses for inaction against terrorism," he said.

Delivering his key-note address to the Centre for Strategic Research, the Prime Minister said that today the world faced the "real and frightening danger" of weapons of mass destruction falling into hands of terrorists.

PTI