INDIA: BRITAIN PIME MINISTER TONY BALIR AND HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART MANMOHAN SINGH HOLD A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE
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INDIA: BRITAIN PIME MINISTER TONY BALIR AND HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART MANMOHAN SINGH HOLD A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE
- Title: INDIA: BRITAIN PIME MINISTER TONY BALIR AND HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART MANMOHAN SINGH HOLD A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE
- Date: 8th September 2005
- Summary: (W3) UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 08, 2005) (ANI) LV BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR AND MANMOHAN SINGH, INDIAN PRIME MINISTER ENTER NEWS CONFERENCE SV JOURNALISTS MCU (English) BLAIR SAYING: "People know that this, this global terrorism, that we face in India and Britain and right around the world comes from a perversion of the true faith of Islam and the way of dealing with it is not simply the security measures that governments have got to take to protect their people but through tackling the roots of it, which lie in extreme and fanatical teaching of this perversion of Islam and whether it's terrorism in India or it's terrorism in Britain its role is not morally wrong but utterly destructive. It stops people coming together. It stops people understanding each other. It prevents dialogue on difficult issues and that's why, increasingly over time, I have come to the view that we should not compromise with it and neither incidentally do I think it sensible for us to say that it derives from our failure to understand the muslim world. The vast majority of muslims also abhor this terrorism." MCU AUDIENCE LISTENING MCU (English) SINGH SAYING: "The struggle against terrorism has to be a multi-faceted struggle where terrorists must not succeed, for that we have to co-operate, we have to ensure maximum possible co-operation among civilised countries but also, as the prime minister has said, in the final analysis it is a struggle for the mind of our people through education through proper dialogue, inter-faith dialogue. We must intensify effort to promote a culture of understanding, a culture of respect for diversity, a culture of tolerance for points of views different from one's own." LV BLAIR AND SINGH STANDING AT PODIUM MCU (English) SINGH SAYING: "Prime minister Tony Blair reaffirmed his commitment to India's candidature for the permanent membership of the expanded UN Security Council on which I expressed our deep appreciation for his government's clear and long-held position." MCU AUDIENCE LISTENING MCU (English) BLAIR SAYING: "I would say the challenge is for us to translate into action the words that we have agreed and to make sure respectively that we're continuing the process of opening-up that over the past few years has meant a great increase in the amount of business that we are doing together but I think that we're both acutely aware of the fact that there is an enormous potential still to be developed. I met a group of Indian business people this morning"...inaudible. LV NEWS CONFERENCE
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- Location: UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: General,Politics
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- Story Text: India backs Britain on terrorism.
Britain on Thursday (September 8, 2005) said terrorism emanated from a
perversion of the true faith of Islam and a way to combat it was to look at
the extreme fanatical way of teaching it.
Prime Minister Tony Blair told a joint news conference along with his
Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in capital New Delhi that it was not
possible to make any compromises.
"People know that this, this global terrorism, that we face in
India and Britain and right around the world comes from a perversion of the
true faith of Islam and the way of dealing with it is not simply the security
measures that governments have got to take to protect their people but through
tackling the roots of it, which lie in extreme and fanatical teaching of this
perversion of Islam and whether it's terrorism in India or it's terrorism in
Britain its role is not morally wrong but utterly destructive. It stops people
coming together. It stops people understanding each other. It prevents
dialogue on difficult issues," Blair said. He added that a majority of
Muslims were also appalled at the destruction caused by terrorism.
"And that's why, increasingly over time, I have come to the view
that we should not compromise with it and neither incidentally do I think it
sensible for us to say that it derives from our failure to understand the
muslim world. The vast majority of muslims also abhor this terrorism," he
added.
Britain had the worst taste of terrorism when at least 56 people died
in London bombings on July 7. Police said of the four main suspects of the al
Qaeda-backed bombings three were young British Muslims of Pakistani
descent.
Britain had won India's support on Thursday for its bid to crack down
on incitement of terrorism during talks between Blair and Singh in
northwestern Udaipur city.
Singh said countries should strive to promote a culture of tolerance to
prevent extremist ideologies from resonating.
"The struggle against terrorism has to be a multi-faceted struggle
where terrorists must not succeed, for that we have to co-operate, we have to
ensure maximum possible co-operation among civilised countries. But also, as
the prime minister has said, in the final analysis it is a struggle for the
mind of our people through education through proper dialogue, inter-faith
dialogue. We must intensify effort to promote a culture of understanding, a
culture of respect for diversity, a culture of tolerance for points of views
different from one's own," Singh said.
Singh also said that Britain backed India's bid for a permanent seat on
the UN Security Council.
"Prime minister Tony Blair reaffirmed his commitment to India's
candidature for the permanent membership of the expanded UN Security Council
on which I expressed our deep appreciation for his government's clear and
long-held position," Singh said.
Blair also called for concrete action to open up the economies of both
the sides and stressed the need to explore untapped potential.
"I would say the challenge is for us to translate into action the
words that we have agreed and to make sure respectively that we're continuing
the process of opening-up that over the past few years has meant a great
increase in the amount of business that we are doing together but I think that
we're both acutely aware of the fact that there is an enormous potential still
to be developed.," Blair said.
Blair has called on India to further open its markets to foreign goods,
banks and service providers and has sent a stern message to European leaders
who think protectionism and trade barriers can spare them from competition
from India.
During Blair's trip, India criticised the EU for erecting unfair trade
barriers to its products. Many countries fear the emergence of a vast economic
power with cheap labour.
India's economy, the third largest in Asia, is set to grow a robust 7
percent in the fiscal year ending in March 2006. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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