Hanoi, October 12: Warning that terrorism and piracy had reached transnational proportions, India today said both were “serious challenges” for security, peace and trade in the Asia-Pacific region and sought development of synergy and institutionalised cooperative arrangements to tackle them.
At the first-ever ASEAN-Plus Eight Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) here, Defence Minister A K Antony said Asia in general, and South East Asia in particular, learnt through harsh ways the various forms such challenges took.
“The growth of terrorism, the growing role of non-state actors and cyber threats are markers in the evolution of the global security construct during the last decade or so…
Piracy remains a serious challenge for the world community, as we have witnessed in the Gulf of Aden and adjoining areas,” Antony said.
–Agencies