Noting that terrorism posed serious threat to all nations, the Association of South East Asian Nations on Wednesday sought greater cooperation between the 10-member grouping and its dialogue partners, including India, to deal with the menace.
ASEAN wants to forge stronger counter-terrorism cooperation with each of the partners, Philippines Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo told the dialogue partners over a working luncheon.
He hoped the nations in turn will share their own experiences and insights in battling this problem.
"ASEAN cooperation in counter terrorism encompasses our dialogue partnerships. We are all committed to the full implementation of all our joint declarations on counter- terrorism," he said.
Besides India, ASEAN's dialogue partners are -- Australia, China, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia and the US.
An earlier agreement adopted by the ASEAN to fight terrorism combined the grouping's efforts in effective border control, control in the issuance of identity paper and travel documents, steps to prevent the use of fake travel documents and intelligence building among other measures.
"ASEAN will also move forward with other regional initiatives, including the ASEAN mutual legal assistance treaty. We will negotiate an ASEAN extradition treaty as well," Romulo said.
